Why is there no RTTI for arrays ?

[dormky 1]

TMyRecord = record
	myArray: array [0..1] of Integer;
end;

The Delphi compiler seemingly does not generate runtime type information for "myArray". This seems strange, as :

TMyRecord = record
	myRecord: record
		myint: Integer;
	end;
end;

Here "myRecord" will get RTTI generated, with a name such as "TMyRecord:1".

TRttiArrayType exists to represent array types, but seemingly the decision was made to just... not use it ? What's the technical reason behind the refusal to generate RTTI for this case ? It seems everything is there to do it, and the compiler just... doesn't.

From an outside perpective, is seems it would be exceedingly easy to implement.

[Leif Uneus 40]

You have to declare the array type in order to use RTTI. RTTI only works on pre-defined types.

 

TMyArray = array[0..1] of Integer;

 

Edited January 26 by Leif Uneus

[darnocian 70]

Yeah, it is a bit annoying though... We can't always change a 3rd party library that we want to inspect via rtti.  there are always workarounds... ;(

Edited February 19 by darnocian