[fpc-pascal] a few trivial questions

[spir ☣]

Hello,

* TFPList
Is there another way to traverse a list than
    for i :=0 to (list.count - 1) do ...
What about list.high?
Also, is it possible to set a list's base index to 1 (so that last_index=count)?
There is a super handy forEachCall method (calling a proc for each item), but I cannot find a matching map method (calling a func and storing results).

* string <-> number
I could not find _functions_ to operate such conversions, only _procedures_ str and val. So that I always end up with superfluous statements and temps variables:
    str(n,text);
    writeln(text);
vs
    writeln(NumbetToString(n));
Ok, I can write these funcs (I did ;-). But how comes there are no builtin functions for that?

* string section
Is there another way to slice a string than using copy. In particuliar, the count argument is not always practical to indicate the end_of_section position. (count = last-first+1)

* array value notation
I can set a static array's value on declaration line, but could not find a way to do it later (even less to change it). And I cannot find a way to set the value of a dynamic array --when it's not fed from a loop. End up with series of arr[i]:=v statements (code from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ages ;-). Same for lists, indeed.
    var
        arr : array [1..2] of Integer;
    ...
    i:=1 ; j:=2;
    arr := (i,j);
    ==> Syntax error, ")" expected, but "," found


Finally: is there a wiki version of the official docs, to collectively enhance them (with notes, examples, explanations...). (I'm dreaming, but after all fpc is free software, and it's the #1 reason why I chose it.) (*)


Denis

(*) This gives me an idea: a converse doc system that takes properly formatted doc and inserts proper parts of it as comment into the code at their proper place -- not the contrary ;-)

[class TFoo]
...
[method Do]
...           )
...           > inserted just before/after TFoo.Do's header in code
...           )
[/method]
...
[/class]

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