[fpc-pascal] Initialization of constant record member of pointer type

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 30 Nov 2020, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Am 30.11.2020 um 13:20 schrieb LacaK via fpc-pascal:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a way how to initialize record member of pointer type (other 
>> than PChar) in the following example:
>>
>> type
>>   TMyRec=record
>>     a: PByte; // if I change PByte to PAnsiChar then it works
>>   end;
>>
>> const
>>   MyConst: TMyRec = (a: 'abcd'); // I want to a points to static 
>> memory where 'abcd' is stored
>>
>> I would like to initialize a to be pointer to another known constant 
>> or directly to supplied string constant.
>>
>> For example something like:
>>
>> const
>>   MyConst1='abcd';
>>   MyConst2=TMyRec = (a: @MyConst1);
>
> Untyped constants don't have an address you can take. You need to use a 
> typed constant:
>
> === code begin ===
>
> const
>   MyConst1: Byte = 123;
>   MyConst2: TMyRec = (a: @MyConst1);

Does this also work with variables ?

Might be worth writing in the documentation...

Michael.