[fpc-devel] [Suggestion] Enumeration range-check intrinsic

[Kai Burghardt]

Nihao,

On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 01:52:46PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2019, Jonas Maebe wrote:
> > On 13/07/2019 13:28, J. Gareth Moreton wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> > Declare your enumation types so that the lowest and highest valid value
> > comprise the lowest and highest value representable by its storage:
> > 
> > {$mode delphi}
> > {$z1}
> > type
> >  tmyenum = (ea, eb, ec, emax = 255);
> > 
> > That behaves the same both in FPC and in Delphi.
> 
> This is a completely pointless definition, since for effective use you still
> need to add code to check that the value is a named one.

Not to mention, that this is the job of the {$PACKENUM} directive,
ensuring an enumeration type reserves a minimum amount of space.
-- 
Sincerely yours
Kai Burghardt
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