[fpc-pascal] Illegal counter variable?

[SPRL AFOR]

Hi.

Index variable can neither be initialized nor computed. Read 
https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/FOR..DO

Antonio

Le 09/09/2019 à 11:30, James Richters a écrit :
> Can someone please tell me why this happens?
>
> Var
>     I : Longint = 0;
> Begin
> For I := 1 to 6 Do
>     Writeln(I);
> End.
>
> This gives me :
> initialize.pas(4,5) Error: Illegal counter variable
> initialize.pas(6,4) Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping
> initialize.pas(0) Fatal: Compilation aborted
>
> but this works fine:
> Var
>     I : Longint;
> Begin
> I := 0;
> For I := 1 to 6 Do
>     Writeln(I);
> End.
>
> Shouldn't these two programs be identical?  What difference does it make if I initialize the variable in the Var section?
>
> James
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