[fpc-pascal] Constants in generics

Ryan Joseph ryan at thealchemistguild.com
Thu Jan 3 17:50:11 CET 2019



> On Jan 3, 2019, at 6:20 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> 
> Correct. ";" separates different parameter types, "," separates those of the same type. Though I agree with Mattias that "const T, const U" (with or without ": Integer") should not work (but then "T, const U" should also not work for consistency). 
> Essentially it should behave like a routine's parameter clause. 

I guess that makes sense that if a type parameter is followed by a const parameter then those are essentially different types and following the same logic should be separated with a semicolon.

That means the parser only knows if a ; is required after the const keyword is found. Does that matter? 

Regards,
	Ryan Joseph




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