[Lazarus] Forward declaration not solved

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Fri Aug 9 15:21:24 CEST 2013



On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Antonio Fortuny wrote:

>>>> they will all end up referencing windows.THandle, but on other platforms 
>>>> they may be wildly different.
>>> For a developer as me, this is probably the best solution indeed. I do 
>>> manipulate lots of handles in my applications and do not really want to 
>>> take care of which basic type they are. I'd be more than happy to 
>>> re-engineer my applications diversifying handle types which means to get 
>>> rid of all this ambiguity when addressing OS objects. My problem then 
>>> would be to use the right handle type where needed
>> 
>> That is exactly why I am a proponent of this mechanism.
> Just tell me how to push forward with you 8-)

Simple:
We kidnap Mattias, lock him in the casemates in Luxemburg city, and don't let him out till he did the work ;)

Michael.




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