[fpc-pascal] Initializing record variables

[Marc Santhoff]

Am Donnerstag, den 09.11.2006, 19:52 -0700 schrieb list at moz.geek.nz:
> > particle_t = record
> > 		name: array [0..Pred(16)] of char;
> > 		longi: integer;
> > 		pressure: float;
> > 		temperature: double;
> > 		lati: integer;
> > 	end;
> >
> > ibuf: array [0..Pred(2)] of particle_t;
> 
> > (* raw translation by automatic tool *)
> > ibuf:=(('zero'#0,0,0.0f,0.0,0),('zero'#0,0,0.0f,0.0,0));
> 
> This should work:
> 
> type
>   TRoleDetails = record
>     Name, Descr: String;
>   end;
> 
> const
>   cRoles: array[1..3] of TRoleDetails = (
>     (Name: 'zEditRole'; Descr: 'z Edit role descr'),
>     (Name: 'yEditRole'; Descr: 'y Edit role descr'),
>     (Name: 'xEditRole'; Descr: 'x Edit role descr')
>     );
> 
> You need to name the elements, and they need to be in the order they're
> declared in the record.

I see. if other approaches fail this at least gives me some hook for
applying regular expressions. That should help recucing the amount of
work.

Thanks,
Marc