[fpc-devel] Wrong docs: not initialized global variables

[Martok]

Am 05.04.2018 um 08:35 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
> If the compiler devs wanted, they could initialize every string with the
> '<undefined string>' constant,
That is in fact the -gt option.

> Pascal states: do not assume that variables are initialized.
Corollary: there is no guarantee that "class operator Initialize()" is ever
called, and Maciej can roll back management operators. I very much doubt this is
what you want to imply.
To preempt the argument - no, this is not a different case. Managed types are
initialized at the latest when they come into scope, period.

> From this rule, it follows that every variable must be explicitly initialized [...]
> Be it with an assignment or an 'var a: type = someonstant;'.
... for which the syntactic sugar was rejected not two weeks ago.


<Semi-OT>
To the people referring to Borland Language Guides: As I painfully discovered,
the Borland guides are *not* considered normative material for FPC by certain
FPC developers. Not even for -Mtp.
For some reason, ISO 7185 *is* a reference, even for decidedly not-ISO modes.

Am 05.04.2018 um 12:47 schrieb Alexander Klenin:
> Allow me to yet again to single out this philosophy of
> strongly preferring abstract purity to concrete user experience.
If it at least was consistent purity!

Sorry. Needed to be said.
</Semi-OT>

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Regards,
Martok

Ceterum censeo b32079 esse sanandam.