[fpc-devel] Sets > 256

[DaWorm]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 5:36 AM, Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de> wrote:

> (Not hitchhiking the other thread...)
>
> On 13/10/15 19:59, Mohsen wrote:
>
>>
>> Pascal sets can only contain values/enumerations whose ordinal value is
>> <= 255.
>>
> As currently new language features are discussed I would vote to drop (or
> relax to some K ) this limitation. This would not break any existing code.
>
>
What if someone is storing a set in a file, or a stream?  Old version saves
it, new version reads it, and all of the sudden the data isn't in the same
format.

Jeff.
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