[fpc-pascal] Array slices

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Sun, 11 Nov 2007, schreef Christos Chryssochoidis:

> Hello all,
> 
> A while ago in one of the FPC lists I had read that FPC 2.2.0 supports array
> slices. So I made a program to test this feature:
> 
> > program Test_Slices;
> > 
> > procedure Test(C :  array of Integer);
> > begin
> > end;
> > 
> > var
> > A : array of Integer;
> > B : array of Integer;
> > 
> > begin
> > setLength(A,6);
> > Test(A[2..4]); // This works
> > setlength(B,6);
> > // B := A[4..6]  // Compilation error if I uncomment this line
> > end.
> 
> The above code, as it is, compiles without problem. However if I uncomment the
> last line, I get a compilation error:

 
> Are array slices only supported as arguments to subprograms calls?
> I 'm using FPC 2.2.0 on Mac OS X Intel.

At this time: yes, you can pass only to open arrays. In the future, the 
above construction will be supported. It is of course not correct that 
this causes a compiler crash and this is a bug.

Daniël