Known limitations

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There are situations that Pascal Analyzer currently cannot handle very well. Some of these limitations, but certainly not all, are:

1. Objects that are created through a class reference cannot be resolved. The actual class is determined at runtime.

Example:

type

TMyClassRef = class of TMyClass;

TMyClass = class

procedure Method; virtual;

end;

TMyDerivedClass = class(TMyClass)

procedure Method; override;

end;

procedure Proc(C : TMyClassRef);

begin

C := TMyClassRef.Create; // TMyClass or TMyDerivedClass?

C.Method; // TMyClass.Method or TMyDerivedClass.Method?

end;

2. Methods that are marked as abstract in a base class and used in that class, cannot be resolved:

Example:

type

TBase = class

procedure Main;

procedure Proc; virtual; abstract;

end;

TDesc = class(TBase)

procedure Proc; overload;

end;

TAnotherDesc = class(TBase)

procedure Proc; overload;

end;

procedure TBase.Main;

begin

Proc; // which one, TDesc.Proc or TAnotherDesc.Proc?

end;

The actual usage of Proc is determined at runtime.

3. Assert calls are not excluded from the parsing process, unlike in Delphi, regardless if the $C- setting is active or not. This means that identifiers used in the Assert procedure call, will be registered, and appear in the reports.

Example:

procedure MyProc(P : pointer);

begin

Assert(P <> nil);

end;

The parameter P will be registered and appear in the reports. When compiled by Delphi, this code line will be stripped out if $C- is defined.