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doconnor

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is operator for classes
« on: April 11, 2021, 07:32:21 pm »
Currently the is operator tells you is a object is a class or one its descendants. Would it be possible do the same with another class, as in

<class> is <class>

I use class types and have run into this limitation from time to time over the years.

Jonas Maebe

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Re: is operator for classes
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2021, 07:48:26 pm »
Try <class> is <class>.classtype

doconnor

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Re: is operator for classes
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2021, 09:37:17 pm »
I have discovered the InheritsFrom class function which pretty much the same as is, but works on classes as well.

lucamar

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Re: is operator for classes
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2021, 09:58:00 pm »
Try <class> is <class>.classtype

If that really works maybe an example should be added to section 12.8.7 Class operators of the Language Guide.

While it says there:
Quote from: Free Pascal Reference guide
The is operator can only be used with a class reference or a class instance
[emphasis mine]
it's not very clear how that's done, and all the current examples are with object instances.

I have discovered the InheritsFrom class function which pretty much the same as is, but works on classes as well.

Of course; they are equivalent. From the same page of the Language Guide:
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The usage of this operator is as follows:
  Object is Class

This expression is completely equivalent to
  Object.InheritsFrom(Class)

If Object is Nil, False will be returned.

Which paragraph, incidentally, again begs the question of how "is" can be used with a class reference :-\
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