Default parameter is just a syntactic sugar - actually function call has two parameters.
But you can use function references and anonymous methods to create such function pointers - function adapters.
type
fnA = function(const sName: AnsiString): integer;
fnB = function(const sName: AnsiString; const tOptional: TObject); integer;
fnRef = reference to function(const sName: AnsiString; const tOptional: TObject): integer;
fnBridge = record
Bridge: fnRef;
class operator Implicit(fn: fnA): fnBridge;
class operator Implicit(fn: fnB): fnBridge;
end;
class operator fnBridge.Implicit(fn: fnA): fnBridge;
begin
Result.Bridge :=
function(const sName: AnsiString; const tOptional: TObject): integer
begin
Result := fn(sName);
end;
end;
class operator fnBridge.Implicit(fn: fnB): fnBridge;
begin
Result.Bridge :=
function(const sName: AnsiString; const tOptional: TObject): integer
begin
Result := fn(sName, tOptional);
end;
end;
function A(const sName: AnsiString): integer;
begin Result := Length(sName) end;
function B(const sName: AnsiString; const tOptional: TObject): integer;
begin Result := Length(sName) - Length(tOptional.ClassName) end;
function Consumer (const Param1, Param2: integer; const Action: fnBridge): integer;
begin
Result := Param1 + Param2 * Action.Bridge('ABCDE', Application);
end;
....
ShowMessage( IntToStr( Consumer(10, 20, A) ));
ShowMessage( IntToStr( Consumer(10, 20, B) ));
PS: since Delphi version was not specified it means that answer for ANY Delphi version suits fine. This method should work wit hany version starting with Delphi 2009 and later.
PPS: references to functions with captured variables are implemented internally as TInterfacedObject
descendants. So overall this is just a reduced case of "Strategy pattern" using "higher-order functions"