[fpc-pascal] IE 200307043

[Jonas Maebe]

On 25 May 2009, at 22:39, Prince Riley wrote:

> That's a very interesting answer. So am I understanding you to say  
> that the
> expression of the form
>
> var := constant + numeric literal ;
>
> is an invalid expression (syntax) in Object Pascal?

No, I meant that there was a bug (error) in the compiler regarding  
handling expressions of the form "nil + <integer constant>". It's a  
valid expression. nil has as type "pointer", and you can add integers  
to untyped pointers (constant or not). The result is again an untyped  
pointer.


Jonas