[fpc-devel] Abs(Variant) unexpected result

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Bart wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Michael Van Canneyt
> <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
>
>> The compiler does not know at compile time what type the variant is, how can
>> you expect it to choose the "right" overloaded version ?
>
> I would have expected that it will choose the right one @runtime .

Choices between overloads are always made at compile time.

Only if we add an
   Abs(Variant) : Variant; 
which will then make the choice will this work. But I'm not sure whether this
would interfere with the normal working of abs() overloads.

Michael.