<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal <<a href="mailto:fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org">fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org</a>> schrieb am Do., 14. Nov. 2024, 08:03:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Nov 14, 2024 at 1:53:17 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal <<a href="mailto:fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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The **-operator is not *implemented* by the compiler. It's provided through the Math unit. Thus you can't use it in constant declarations. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Why is that?</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Because it wasn't deemed necessary that the compiler itself provides this operator. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr"> That means you can do powers in types or constants right?</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I assume you mean "can't". In that case, yes, that is not possible. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards, </div><div dir="auto">Sven </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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