[fpc-devel] Valid macpas syntax ?

[Jonas Maebe]

On 03 Dec 2006, at 18:05, Marc Weustink wrote:

> 1) using out as parametername

"out" is not a reserved word in macpas mode, just like in tp/fpc modes.

> 2) the * behind msgb (and what does it mean ?)
>
> [FPCMacOSAll:80638]
> type
>   msgbPtr = ^msgb;
>   msgb = record
>     b_next: struct msgb *;  { next message on queue }
>     b_prev: struct msgb *;  { previous message on queue }
>     b_cont: struct msgb *;  { next message block of message }

It means that this code isn't compiled, otherwise you'd get a parser  
error. It's between {$ifc CALL_NOT_IN_CARBON}, and CALL_NOT_IN_CARBON  
is defined as false at the start of the file (since we do not support  
non-Carbon Mac OS 9 in the Mac OS interfaces). That's probably why no  
one ever noticed this error.


Jonas