[Lazarus] Helper for arrays

[Ondrej Pokorny]

On 02.10.2016 16:00, Aradeonas via Lazarus wrote:
> I know I can make helper for array of integer

This is what I thought you want to.

> but I want some helpers for all type of arrays.

Hmmm :( I don't know either.

Maybe you can raise a discussion / feature request in the fpc-devel 
mailing list to include type helpers for generic arrays? :

program Project1;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
{$modeswitch advancedrecords}
{$modeswitch typehelpers}

type
   generic TGenericArray<T> = array of T;
   TIntArray = specialize TGenericArray<Integer>;

   generic TGenericArrayHelper<T> = type helper for TGenericArray<T>
   public
   end;

begin
end.

If not added, you'll need to create a generic record wrapper:

program Project1;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
{$modeswitch advancedrecords}
{$modeswitch typehelpers}

type
   generic TGenericArray<T> = record
   private
     FArray: array of T;
   public
     function Count: Integer;
   end;

{ TGenericArray }

function TGenericArray.Count: Integer;
begin
   Result := Length(FArray);
end;

begin
end.


Ondrej