Pass either function OR procedure in same argument

type
  TStringFunc=function(x:double):string;
  TSomeProc=procedure(var i:integer);

procedure GetSome(func:TStringFunc);overload;
procedure GetSome(proc:TSomeProc);overload;

implementation

procedure GetSome(func:TStringFunc);
begin
//
end;

procedure GetSome(proc:TSomeProc);overload;
begin
//
end;

Thanks for the response. To clarify what I am looking for is to have one procedure be able to accept either a function or a procedure as an arguement rather than having 2 overloaded procedures.

Cheers, Tom.

I agree with Cesario.

Look at this  ;)

function a(i:integer):string;
begin
Result:=inttostr(i);
end;

procedure b(var i:integer);
begin
i:=i+1;
end;

procedure GetSome(p:pointer;var s:string);
var i:integer;
begin
i:=2;
if p=@a then
  s:=a(i);
if p=@b then begin
  b(i);
  s:=inttostr(i);
end;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var s:string;
begin
GetSome(@a,s);
showmessage('func a '+s);
GetSome(@b,s);
showmessage('proc b '+s);
end;

It's no problem to pass these things to one function, you can just pass the address:

procedure GiveMeAProcOrFunc(procOrFunc: pointer);

GiveMeAProcOrFunc(@someProc);
GiveMeAProcOrFunc(@stringReturningFunc);

However, the big problem is: What do you want to do with the procedure/function pointer once you got it in the "GiveMeAProcOrFunc" procedure? Do you want to *call* it? Then you somehow have to find out which parameters the function has, which calling convention and which result type (if any).

Could you please tell us for what purpose you need this exactly? Perhaps we can make alternative suggestions...

Regards, Madshi.

Thanks for that. I am basically trying to avoid a try finally wrapper than is duplicated in a bunch of class methods and procedures (you of course can't pass class method pointers). It's not involved enough to justify an inheritance / strategy pattern solution so I guess I'll just have to suck it up :-)

Cheers, Tom.