[fpc-pascal] SetLength procedure

[Jürgen Hestermann]

Am 2014-07-27 12:10, schrieb Steve Gatenby:
 > Could anybody enlighten me on how to make the 'SetLength' procedure into an equivalent function
 > I have many instances of
 >   SetLength(xxx, Length(xxx)+1);
 >   Num := High(xxx);


What is the problem with this code?
Why force these 2 commands into a function?
Just to save a little bit of typing?
When *reading* this code it is much
clearer what it does as when reading

Num := IncLength(xxx, 1);