[fpc-pascal] typed constants...

[Jonas Maebe]

On 23 Oct 2006, at 19:30, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

> "Real" constants (in the sense of 'not changing') do not need to be  
> typed in
> the first place so
>
> Const
>   A = 'Some String';
>
> Will do just fine.

You can also give them a type by simply adding a typecast around the  
value. This can be necessary sometimes for range checking (e.g.  
longint($80000000)) or for overload selection.


Jonas