[fpc-pascal] Move() vs MemCopy()

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

2009/9/29 Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org>:
>
> Because move predates memcopy. memcopy is a windows function.
> Move existed in the system unit of TP even before windows existed.

Windows has 'memcpy()', not 'memcopy()'   ;-)

As for the origins of Move(), I can't comment.... except to say that
the original author of that procedure is trying to f*ck with my mind.
:-)  I would have imagined that with all our new found knowledge we
might have come up with a better name for that procedure by now.

Maybe it is worth adding a MemCopy() method in FPC? Which simply calls
Move() internally.


Regards,
  - Graeme -


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