[fpc-devel]Another FPC versus Delphi issue

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At 10.45 11/10/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>[...]
> >   a: array [ Integer ] of Integer;
>[...]
> > Under Delphi (v5) this gives an compile-time error (Data type too
> > large:  exceeds 2GB)
>[...]
> > It seems to me that fpc should give a compile-time error, rather
> > than crash.
>It allocates only 4 bytes for the array.

Why? Isn't Integer a range type?