[fpc-pascal] Illegal counter variable?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 19:27:49 +0200
Bart <bartjunk64 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 4:54 PM Jonas Maebe <jonas at freepascal.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > "var i : longint = 0;" is internally handled using the same code
> > path as "const i : longint = 0", and typed constants cannot be used
> > as counter variables. This is indeed probably a bug.  
> 
> D7 does not allow this for global variables: "for loop variables must
> be simple local variables".
> In D7 you cannot initialize a local variable, so I cannot test that
> scenario. Someone with a more recent Delphi should check if this
> sysnatx is allowed.

Same in 10.3.

Mattias