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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">We are moving from another Pascal compiler where this is
allowed.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Type</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Is there a way around this without having to write</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> txt1:txt_typ=('1','2');</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Another thing, with the old compiler we can write</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Type</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> A_typ=array[0..3] of integer;</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> A1,A2:A_typ;</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">I have never could understand when this is allowed</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">A1:=A2;</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Why this is not allowed</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">If A1=A2 then</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">in most Pascal compilers. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Regards Carsten</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>Carsten Bager</b></span></font></div>
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