[Gambas-user] new font class behavior is broken

[Rob]

According to the changelog for 0.92,

"The Font class became a true class. Consequently, 
Control.Font.Bold = TRUE does not change the control font 
anymore. You must use an intermediate Font variable: 
DIM hFont as Font 
hFont = MyControl.Font 
hFont.Bold = TRUE 
MyControl.Font = hFont"

You could already dim hFont as Font, so I don't understand why it 
wasn't a "true class" before, and why we need this new, 
cumbersome syntax now.  There are lots of other instances when 
non-virtual classes can be used as virtual if they're returned 
as a property value, and I don't see Control or Picture as not 
being "true" classes for example.

What is the underlying reason for this change?  And wasn't this 
supposed to just be a bug fix release, anyway?

Rob