[fpc-pascal] dereferenced pointer as open array argument

[Jonas Maebe]

Seth Grover wrote on Fri, 18 Sep 2015:

> procedure ArrayTest(const data : array of char);
...
> However, it surprised me that this syntax was accepted (with a dereferenced
> pchar):
>
> ArrayTest(myPChar^);
>
> as well as this syntax (with a simple char):
>
> ArrayTest(myChar);
>
> In both of those cases, ArrayTest thinks it's got an array of length 1.
>
> My question is (and I know this is a long shot): is there some sort of
> compiler directive or directive I can include in my source code to disallow
> the syntax of my second and third examples, ie., to disallow passing a
> single element as an open array?

No, there is no such directive. This behaviour has been there from the  
start when open arrays were initially added to Turbo Pascal.


Jonas