[fpc-pascal] Illegal counter variable?

[James Richters]

I reported it here:

https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=36065

 

James

 

>Actually, the original code used two VARs, not typed CONST. One VAR was initialized and one was not. I think this is a bug and should be fixed.


>As Jonas already pointed out:

 

>"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.

 

>---- On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:40:57 -0400 <scoxbike at shaw.ca <mailto:scoxbike at shaw.ca> > wrote ----

 

>Yes, off topic. 

>The initial poster's code had the loop variable declared as an initialized constant. Not as a true variable. No FPC in hand, I can't test if setting 'assignable typed >constants = true' would permit the use of an initialized typed constant or not. 

 

 

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