[Lazarus] What is the future of NoGUI widget set?

Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 10:53:44 CET 2011


Op 2011-01-25 11:45, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be het geskryf:
> b) It encourages people to write bad code. Example: the well-known
> EpikTimer.
> 
>    It is a perfect example of a badly written component. It includes
>    Forms, Dialogs and whatnot in the uses clause, when there is
>    absolutely no need for them. But by doing so, it creates a dependency on
>    a GUI when there is no need for one.

BTW:
I have already fixed that by submitting a patch some months ago. I split
the package in two. One runtime package (totally non gui), and a design
time package (which registers with the Lazarus IDE - thus gui dependant).



Regards,
  - Graeme -

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