Is what is meant here "protected var s : string"?
Best regards, Bastiaan.
On Jun 27, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Prof A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:
On 25 Jun 2012 at 22:18, Jay Michael wrote:
gpc 20070904, based on gcc-3.4.5 (mingw special)
I got a compilation error, "type mismatch", when I passed a stringliteral to a routine with a formal parameter of "const var s : string". In tests, this had been acceptable to the compiler. I find that whether it is acceptable seems to be a function of whether the call is preceded by another call (to a different routine), passing a string literal to (as?) a "const s : string" formal parameter.
jsm1bad.pas gets a "type mismatch" compilation error. jsm1ok.pas compiles, links, and executes.
Maybe it is just me - but I don't know what a "const var" is. I do know about these:
s : string var s : string const s : string
To me, "const var s : string" is a syntax error. This seems like a relic from certain other programming languages ...
Best regards, The Chief
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