[fpc-pascal] record helpers & how they effect records

[luiz americo pereira camara]

I'd like to extend the question to class helpers, i.e.,  declaring and
using the helper is equivalent to declaring and using a function that takes
the class instance as a parameter?

Luiz
Em 08/06/2015 17:52, "David Emerson" <dle3ab at angelbase.com> escreveu:

> using a simple record, e.g.
>
> some_record_type = record
>   a, b : longint;
>   end;
>
> If I declare a record helper, does this change the record in any way? i.e.
> does the record take any more space when passed as a function parameter?
> Does it become somehow like an object, and need to be allocated? Or is the
> helper more like a language shortcut/convenience, where the compiler still
> treats the record the same way, and declaring and using the helper is
> equivalent to declaring and using a function that takes the record as a
> parameter?
>
> I'm using mode objfpc
>
> Thanks!
> ~David
>
>
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