[fpc-pascal] Record operator for assignment

[Ryan Joseph]

> On Apr 28, 2017, at 12:21 PM, LacaK <lacak at zoznam.sk> wrote:
> 
> you can workaround this by using typed constant for instance. Something like:
> 
> const
>  DEFAULT_REC: TMyRec = (x: 0; y: 0; z: 0 );
> var
>  rec: TMyRec;
> begin
>  rec := DEFAULT_REC; // or rec := Default(TMyRec) if you want zeroes
>  ...
> 
> L.

Run time is the problem though. If the compiler knows how to define a record using that syntax you should be able to do

rec := (x: a; y: b; z: c);

instead of mucking around with constructors which do basically the same thing but with boiler plate code. The syntax for a default constructor already exists in the language but it’s not implemented outside of type declarations for some reason.

Regards,
	Ryan Joseph