Where is the documentation for TVector?

[ricardo_sdl]

Hello!
Where can I find the documentation for the class TVector (defined inside the unit gvector)? I couldn't find any, at least nothing like there is for TBits(https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tbits.html) for example. I noticed that TVector is part of the generic library, is it a good idea to use it? Is it experimental? Deprecated, maybe?
Thanks!

[Ñuño_Martínez]

Seems there's no documentation yet. http://wiki.freepascal.org/Data_Structures,_Containers,_Collections 

[wp]

The best and most up-to-date documentation is the source code itself.

Add gvector to the uses clause of your or a dummy project. CTRL+leftclick on "gvector", and Lazarus will open the unit in the source editor. There are not too many methods of TVector. Most of them are clear by just reading their name. Some of them were not clear to me: What is "Front" and "Back"? Select "Front" in the interface section, press CTRL+SHIFT+ArrowDown to go to the implementation, and from there I learned that the funtion Front returns just the first vector element. Similarly with Back - it is the last vector element.

Once you are used to this kind of navigation through the sources you will need documentation only in a few cases.

[Handoko]

Yes, it is very true. I use the tricks wp said and I rarely need to read 'other' documentation.

[RayoGlauco]

I'm another one who often navigates through the source code instead of looking for documentation. 

[Handoko]

Can anyone write a wiki page about it, so I can recommend the page to newbies. I often wanted to tell them about the tricks but it's a bit hard for me to explain using words.

[Thaddy]

Can anyone write a wiki page about it, so I can recommend the page to newbies. I often wanted to tell them about the tricks but it's a bit hard for me to explain using words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_programming
Is that enough?
I mean it is trivial to write a Pascal example (and add it to Wikipedia) but it won't add to simple theory.

[Handoko]

You misunderstood what I meant. I meant a wiki page explaining how to navigate through the source code in Lazarus IDE editor, not about TVector.

[ricardo_sdl]

The best and most up-to-date documentation is the source code itself.

Add gvector to the uses clause of your or a dummy project. CTRL+leftclick on "gvector", and Lazarus will open the unit in the source editor. There are not too many methods of TVector. Most of them are clear by just reading their name. Some of them were not clear to me: What is "Front" and "Back"? Select "Front" in the interface section, press CTRL+SHIFT+ArrowDown to go to the implementation, and from there I learned that the funtion Front returns just the first vector element. Similarly with Back - it is the last vector element.

Once you are used to this kind of navigation through the sources you will need documentation only in a few cases.

That is what I ended up doing  . Thank you all for the answers!

[Thaddy]

You misunderstood what I meant. I meant a wiki page explaining how to navigate through the source code in Lazarus IDE editor, not about TVector.

Well, Bahasa Indonesia is not widely spoken over here, but I grew up with it. So I understand old school.

[Handoko]

Wow, that's interesting.

"Selamat malam Pak Thaddy." 

[Thaddy]

Terima kasih.

[Leledumbo]

Where can I find the documentation for the class TVector (defined inside the unit gvector)? I couldn't find any, at least nothing like there is for TBits(https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tbits.html) for example.

https://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/tags/release_3_0_4/packages/fcl-stl/doc/
Get the PDF if you don't want to compile the LaTeX source code yourself. This package is a donation, hence the original documentation is not written in fpdoc like TBits.

[ricardo_sdl]

Very much apreciated Leledumbo!

[del]

Pretty much the store brand of std::vector. Here's another:

https://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0/classwx_vector_3_01_t_01_4.html

Very handy. I was brought here by Google cuz I'm using it for an expanding array of UnicodeString.