IDE problem with inherited subclasses
lazarus / 9-Editor

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HomePlaneR · 2013-02-05 11:59

Hi everyone,

I've got a particular issue with IDE.

I have a base class and a sub-class in it (TBaseClass and
TBaseSubClass in code sample below). Afterwards I add a new class
derived from the base one (TCustomClass). I customize as well the sub
class (TCustomSubClass). The problem is that Lazarus IDE refuse to
admit the last one derived class: when I do something in its
customized method, I get errors "identifier not found: TBaseSubClass"
from code tools. On each Ctrl+Space hit the cursor goes to the
interface section where TCustomSubClass is described. And it is quite
annoying: I hit it each two seconds, so the developing of these
methods becomes terrible.

Code sample:

Code: [Select]type
  TBaseClass = class
   public type
    TBaseSubClass = class
      procedure DoSomething; virtual;
    end;
  end;

  TCustomClass = class (TBaseClass)
   public type
    TCustomSubClass = class (TBaseSubClass)
     procedure DoSomething; override;
    end;
  end;

{ TCustomClass.TCustomSubClass }

procedure TCustomClass.TCustomSubClass.DoSomething;
begin
 //put the cursor here and hit Ctrl+Space
end;

{ TBaseClass.TBaseSubClass }

procedure TBaseClass.TBaseSubClass.DoSomething;
begin
end;

begin
end.                      

I know that this issue is quite particular, but anyway could I hope to
have it fixed in following releases or what I can do to fix it myself?
I use Lazarus 1.0.6 (latest release on the main page), Win7 64 bit.
The FPC version is 2.6.0, the compiler goes well with this kind of
things in code.

Thanks!

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Blaazen · 2013-02-05 12:17

I can reproduce with Laz. 1.1.
Autocomplete probably still cannot handle the nested classes well (but
code is compilable).
IMO you should report it and attach this demo.

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HomePlaneR · 2013-02-05 12:52

Quote from: Blaazen on February 05, 2013, 01:17:58 pmI can reproduce
with Laz. 1.1.
Autocomplete probably still cannot handle the nested classes well (but
code is compilable).
IMO you should report it and attach this demo.

Done, http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=23831

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HomePlaneR · 2013-02-07 10:06

Well, as I see in bugracker, the issue is fixed in revision #40201.

I've just tested it with snapshot of today for Win64, it works.

Thanks!