[fpc-devel] Thoughts on being able to declare "pointer-to-type" parameters directly in method signatures?

[Ryan Joseph]

> On Jun 7, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Ben Grasset <operator97 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> To me it's always seemed illogical (in various different Pascal compilers over time, not just FPC) that the "parameter" declarations there don't work, whereas things like the "var" ones (which are just as "inline", I'd say) work just fine.
> 

I don’t get this either. It feels to me like ^ is a modifier more than an actual new type. That’s just me feeling though as a long time Pascal programmer.

Regards,
	Ryan Joseph