How to make an alias for generic advanced record?

[alpine]

Help!
Does anybody know how to create an alias for this one:

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1. generic TSmartPointer<T: class> = record {...} end;

I want to use it under the name of, say:

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1. generic TAuto<T: class> = record {...} end;

But I can't figure out how to do it...

[PascalDragon]

You can't. Simple as that.

[Thaddy]

You can with a macro.
{$macro on}{$define Tauto:=TSmartpointer}

This can maybe have side effects, though.

[MarkMLl]

You can with a macro.
{$macro on}{$define Tauto:=TSmartpointer}

This can maybe have side effects, though.

Noting PascalDragon's comment of a few days ago that "Macros are only matched on a full token.", i.e. there's no risk of a substring match.

They can be very useful indeed, particularly since (unlike C macros) they can be multi-line. It's unfortunate that they can't take parameters, but TBH I can't think of a single macro-expansion preprocessor that is neither embarrassingly primitive nor impenetrably esoteric.

MarkMLl

[alpine]

You can't. Simple as that.

Thanks! It is good to know there is no way.

You can with a macro.
{$macro on}{$define Tauto:=TSmartpointer}

This can maybe have side effects, though.

It came up into my mind, but there are several source files to include into. I'd better refactor.