Delphi language features missing from the Free Pascal Compiler

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New since Delphi 2007

Operator Overloading Syntax for records and classes

Info: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Operator_Overloading http://wiert.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/delphi-operator-overloading-table-of-operators-names-and-some-notes-on-usage-and-glitches/

Class Helpers

Records with Methods

Class Variables, Types and Consts, Class Properties, Static Class Methods

<delphi> program ClassTest;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

type

 TSomeClass = class
 private
   type
     TSomeType = type integer;    // an internal type
   class var
     FSomeClassVar: TSomeType;    // class variable belongs to class, not an instance
   var
     FSomeIntanceVar: TSomeType;  // instance variable belongs to instance. it is a usual field
   class procedure SetSomeClassVar(const AValue: TSomeType); static;
 public
   class property SomeProperty: TSomeType read FSomeClassVar write SetSomeClassVar; // class property - belongs to class
   property SomeInstanceProp: TSomeType read FSomeIntanceVar;
 end;

{ TSomeClass }

class procedure TSomeClass.SetSomeClassVar(const AValue: TSomeType); begin

  FSomeClassVar := AValue;

end;

var

 SomeClass: TSomeClass;

begin

 SomeClass.SomeProperty := 1;
 WriteLn(SomeClass.SomeProperty);

end. </delphi>

New since Delphi 2009

Generics Syntax

Unicode string support

Anonymouse Methods

New since Delphi 2010

Custom Attributes

Enhanced RTTI

Delayed directive

Info is here: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Libraries_and_Packages#Delayed_Loading Some info about internals:

  1. http://blogs.embarcadero.com/abauer/2009/08/25/38894
  2. http://blogs.embarcadero.com/abauer/2009/08/29/38896
  3. http://blogs.embarcadero.com/chrishesik/2009/11/02/35056

fpc wiki about that topic: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Dynamically_loading_headers

AS and IS extended for interfaces

Info is here: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Interface_References#Casting_Interface_References_to_Objects

Misc:

  1. {$SCOPEDENUMS ON} directive which allows to use enumeration name before the item. Example:

<delphi> type

 TColor = (red, green, blue);

begin

 WriteLn(ord(TColor.red));

end; </delphi>

  1. {$pointermath ON} directive which turns on pointer arithmetic.

Reference

  1. http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/34324
  2. http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/images/39076/New_Delphi_Coding_Styles_and_Architectures.pdf
  3. http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/What's_New_in_Delphi_and_C%2B%2BBuilder_2010