[fpc-pascal]Defining Records on the fly:

[Shawn Tan Ser Ngiap]

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On Monday 16 February 2004 00:40, Jon D. Sawyer wrote:

> Const ARec : tMyRec = (X:12; Y:25);
>
> why can't I do this?
>
> var
>   AnotherRec: tMyRec;
> begin
>   AnotherRec := (X:12; Y:25);

It's just the way the language is... you could do this...

AnotherRec.X := 12;
AnotherRec.Y := 25;

or this, if i'm not mistaken...

with AnotherRec do begin
	X := 12;
	Y := 25;
end;

with metta,
Shawn Tan.
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