[lazarus] classesh.inc change required

[michael at tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be]

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Michael A. Hess wrote:

> michael at tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be wrote:
> > 
> > > Then my next question is, which VCL do we match?
> > 
> > Is that important to you ? Try to make the latest possible; in any
> > case the interface changes between D3 and D5 are almost nihil; the
> > internal stuff changes probably quite a lot.
> 
> That's not completely true. Some D3 code will not compile in D4/D5
> without some additional changes. What do we do when D6 comes out? Do we
> change the LCL so it matches D6? I guess what I am asking is there ever
> going to be a time when we are going to splinter off and diverge from
> Delphi? I know we are far from this point yet but when do we start doing
> things to be the lead in Pascal OOP design and not just a Delphi
> follower?

As I said, make it better wherever possible, and provide compatibility
methdos/properties. Existing delphi code will work and compile, although not
as efficient as native lcl code.

Michael.