[fpc-pascal] variant part of a record

[Jonas Maebe]

On 20 sep 2006, at 02:10, Vinzent Höfler wrote:

>> so I have to use
>>   record
>>   Something: byte;
>>    case byte of
>>     1: (x,y: word);
>>     2: (z: longword);
>>   end;
>
> No, AFAIK you don't have to, it's the same, just a different syntax.

Correct.

> Probably you should used a "packed record", though. And it's in no  
> way portable, of course.

Also correct.


Jonas