[fpc-pascal] procedure variable and inc/dec procedures

[Howard Page-Clark]

On 17/1/12 9:47, ik wrote:

> var
>    a : procedure(var x : TOrdinal);
>    b : procedure(var x : integer);
>
> begin
>    a := @inc;
>    b := @dec;

> Why doesn't the compiler like the above code ?

Inc and Dec are internal compiler routines, more like macros than true 
functions. They are not coded as library functions you can locate in the 
RTL at an addressable location.