[fpc-devel] "dynamic array of char" vs. "out array of char"

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 27 April 2010 23:21, Seth Grover <sethdgrover at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is this behavior correct? Can someone explain this to me? I thought
> that the only difference between "var" and "out" was whether or not
> the compiler warned you about uninitialized data.


Changing those two procedures to the following code shown below works
fine. I guess 'out' parameters are more strict with the types. Also,
your initial code for the second array should actually be inside the
DoItOut() procedure. All data contained in a variable passed to a
procedure with a 'out' parameter is discarded.

---------------------------------
type
 DynCharArray = array of char;

 procedure DoItVar(var yourArray : DynCharArray);
 begin
 end;

 procedure DoItOut(out yourArray : DynCharArray);
 begin
 end;
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-- 
Regards,
  - Graeme -


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