What does the keyword "dynamic" do to a procedure?

Question

What happens to a procedure when it is declared with the keyword dynamic?

And what is the effect of declaring it with the keyword static?

Answer 1

This question can be answered by reading the documentation.

The dynamic keyword introduces a method that can be overridden polymorphically. Semantically it is interchangeable with virtual, but the is implemented in a different manner. Read about it here: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Methods#Virtual_and_Dynamic_Methods

To make a method virtual or dynamic, include the virtual or dynamic directive in its declaration. Virtual and dynamic methods, unlike static methods, can be overridden in descendent classes. When an overridden method is called, the actual (run-time) type of the class or object used in the method call--not the declared type of the variable--determines which implementation to activate.

To override a method, redeclare it with the override directive. An override declaration must match the ancestor declaration in the order and type of its parameters and in its result type (if any).

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In Delphi for Win32, virtual and dynamic methods are semantically equivalent. However, they differ in the implementation of method-call dispatching at run time: virtual methods optimize for speed, while dynamic methods optimize for code size.

In general, virtual methods are the most efficient way to implement polymorphic behavior. Dynamic methods are useful when a base class declares many overridable methods that are inherited by many descendent classes in an application, but only occasionally overridden.

Class static methods are like class methods in that they are invoked on the class rather than an instance. The difference between class static and class methods is that class methods are passed a Self pointer that contains the class, and class static methods are not. This means that class methods can be polymorphic and class static methods cannot. Read about it here: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Methods#Class_Static_Methods

Like class methods, class static methods can be accessed without an object reference. Unlike ordinary class methods, class static methods have no Self parameter at all. They also cannot access any instance members. (They still have access to class fields, class properties, and class methods.) Also unlike class methods, class static methods cannot be declared virtual.

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