[lazarus] circular unit reference

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:52:25 +0100
"Andreas Hausladen" <Andreas.Hausladen at gmx.de> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marc Weustink" <marc at dommelstein.net>
> 
> > For those who wonder... this is why ifdefs make things unreadable
> >
> > -  if FOnCompare=AValue then exit;
> > +  if {$IFDEF FPC}{$ELSE}@{$ENDIF}FOnCompare={$IFDEF
> > FPC}{$ELSE}@{$ENDIF}AValue then exit;
> 
> I know this. But as Delphi needs an @ operator for a comparison fpc does
> not need one. Maybe I should write{$ifdef FPC}
>   if FOnCompare = AValue then Exit;
> {$else}
>   if @FOnCompare = @AValue then Exit;
> {$endif}
> Here FPC's syntax is in my eyes ambigious because if AValue is a function
> with no arguments it could be a function call.

Only in Delphi mode.
In objfpc mode comparing function results needs FOnCompare() = AValue().
FOnCompare without brackets is always the TMethod/Pointer.

 
> Some features of FPC are better than Delphi's but Delphi also has features
> FPC does not have. Another example is the event assignment where I found
> FPC syntax better than Delphi's. Obj.OnClick := {$ifdef
> FPC}@{$endif}MyEventHandler;


Mattias