[fpc-devel] Typed addresses by default

[Christian Iversen]

On Thursday 05 October 2006 14:52, Micha Nelissen wrote:
> Ivo Steinmann wrote:
> > Well, it's a good idea to enable typed addresses by default, but I have
> > got one problem with that. The pointer to an array of a type should be
> > allowed to assign to the pointer of the same type.
> >
> > Example
> >
> > T: array[-10..10] of Integer;
> > P: PInteger;
> >
> > I request that "P := @T;" should be allowed, because a pointer type in
> > objfpc mode are also treated as pointer to an array of that type, that
> > means  P[...] is allways allowed also.
>
> Just a note, there will be 3 ways to write the same thing then:
>
> P := T;

Is this really compatible? I think not.

> P := @T;

Not compatible.

> P := @T[Low(T)];

Too long :)

> A bit odd, no ? Although in all cases it's quite clear what is meant,
> but I don't know if this "scales" to more complex expressions ?

This is not the same thing :)

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Regards,
Christian Iversen