[fpc-devel] New language idea: Unified types (assignment size-compatible types).

[Paul Dunn]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Skybuck Flying <skybuck2000 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Here is a new language idea which would make Delphi a bit more friendly:

Do the Embarcadero developers read this list?

> First the problem:
>
> pointers and longwords are not assignment compatible.
>
> This is pretty much bullshit because they are the same size.

Unfortunately pointers are not the same size as longwords on some
architectures - on x64, they're twice the size.

D.