Prof A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:
Most of these changes are implicit in Delphi-style "Classes", which I believe, are on the GPC "to do" list. Once GPC gets the "Class" type, there will be no need to do any of these. So I guess what you are pushing for is a quick implementation of Classes. I am not sure myself that this would be a trivial undertaking. However, I'll leave Frank and Waldek to speak to that point.
Certainly not trivial, and in addition, all of Mac, Delphi and OOE objects/classes are slightly different. Well, my next bigger changes in GPC according to my plans were going to be the preprocessor and then short strings, but perhaps I should change my priorities now. I suppose the preprocessor is still urgent, as it makes GPC more or less difficult to use (depending on the platform) with gcc-3.3.x and higher. But as I understand it, you have work-arounds for short strings, so perhaps classes are more urgent then. I can't speak for Waldek, of course. ATM, he's busy with the gcc-4.x port and backend fixes. Do you plan to work in any of the above areas soon (say, this year), Waldek? Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank@g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/, 7977168E GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://www.gnu-pascal.de/todo.html GPC download signing key: ACB3 79B2 7EB2 B7A7 EFDE D101 CD02 4C9D 0FE0 E5E8