Associating a hint/comment with a unit name
lazarus / 9-Editor

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MarkMLl · 2020-11-01 11:38

If I have something like this in the interface part of a unit

Code: [Select](* Return either a static or a dynamic representation of
the ALSA interface
  library (libasound.so or similar).
*)
function Asound(): TAsound;

then subsequently, if the pointer hovers over that identifier, the
comment is displayed as a hint.

If I have this at the start of a unit

Code: [Select]// unit NEEDED FOR HINT TO WORK
(* Return either a static or a dynamic representation of the ALSA
interface
  library (libasound.so or similar).
*)
unit
  Asound;

then hovering over the identifier displays the comment as a hint.

If I remove that first comment line, it no longer works.

Is this intentional? Is there a "correct" way to do this?

I'm merging some old code into the current flurry of activity relating
to ALSA, which exploits the fact that referring to a unit and
referring to an instance of a class are syntactically similar.

MarkMLl