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

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

2009/9/29 Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>:
>
> Could this "alias" procedure be applied somewhere in FPC?  This was
> done before - the case of AssignFile() vs Assign()
>
> procedure MemCopy(src, dest: pointer; size: SizeInt);
> begin
>  Move(src^, dest^, size);
> end;


here is an improved MemCopy(), with the same parameter list as Move().

procedure MemCopy(const src; var dest; size: SizeInt);
begin
  Move(src, dest, size);
end;

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Regards,
  - Graeme -


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