[fpc-pascal] Extending an enumeration

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

JC Chu wrote:
> It is not possible to extend an enumeration type.  If you are not
> willing to use separate sets to hold common and extended elements, you
> can use a generic (not parametric) set type, say SET OF 0..31, that
> can hold all possible elements, and define the possible elements as
> constants.

Yes, except that that loses type checking.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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