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From: Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
Subject: BP style objects: errors.
Date: 24 Apr 1997, 15:12:01

Hello,

Using gpc to compile (some parts of) Borland's objects unit, I noticed
this (so far):

1) References to an incomplete type are not accepted. In the code below,
CopyFrom uses a variable S of type TStream, while TStream is not yet
finished:

type
  PStream = ^TStream;
  TStream = object(TObject)
    Status: Integer;
    ErrorInfo: Integer;
    constructor Init;
    procedure CopyFrom(var S: TStream; Count: Longint);
    ...

BP accepts this, gpc barfs: "type name expected, identifier `Tstream'
given"

2) Something simular appens in the implementation part:

procedure TStream.Error(Code, Info: Integer);
type
  TErrorProc = procedure(var S: TStream);
begin
  Status := Code;
  ErrorInfo := Info;
  if StreamError <> nil then TErrorProc(StreamError)(Self);
end;

This results in an error:

objects.pas: In function `Tstream_Error':
objects.pas:141: `object' type definition only allowed at top level
objects.pas:141: parse error before `Procedure'
objects.pas:142: pointer domain type `Terrorproc' undefined
objects.pas:145: undeclared identifier `Terrorproc' (first use this
function)
objects.pas:145: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
objects.pas:145: for each function it appears in.)
objects.pas:145: parse error before `('
objects.pas:145: missing semicolon
objects.pas:145: missing semicolon

3) Obviously, `self' is treated different too...

All of this with the latest-but-one alpha release, in BP mode with
extended syntax.

BTW: of course, what I was trying out, was how much trouble it would be to
port TVision to GPC. Seems we have a long way to go....

Greetings,
JanJaap

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