[Lazarus] THelpEvent declaration discussion

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Marco van de Voort wrote:
> 
> This is not the same. Other parts are changed when it is not possible
>  otherwise. In other places, the default identifiers are reserved for
> Delphi compatibility, and 3rd party alternatives define their own.

....

> I don't see anything appropriate there, and no need to change this at
> all

Lazarus is probably the only other "big" contender in being Delphi
compatible. Remember that FPC is used by more that just Lazarus project.
If the default THelpEvent type was that appropriate, then why did
Lazarus of all projects, decided to redefine that type in the forms.pp unit?

Not even FPC or Lazaurs or MSEgui or fpGUI uses THelpEvent, so who are
you actually keeping it "delphi compatible" for? Everybody that wants to
use it, redeclares there own - so clearly there is a issue with the
default declaration in FPC.



Regards,
  - Graeme -

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