[fpc-pascal] Range check error warning.

[wkitty42 at windstream.net]

On 3/24/20 12:40 PM, fredvs via fpc-pascal wrote:
> Hello Alexander.
> 
> I did:
> 
> const
>     foldhiddenbit : byte = 7; // line 896
>     foldhiddenmask : byte = 1 shl foldhiddenbit; // line 897
>     currentfoldhiddenbit : byte = 6; // line 898
>     currentfoldhiddenmask : byte = 1 shl currentfoldhiddenbit; // line 899
>     foldlevelmask : byte = not (foldhiddenmask or currentfoldhiddenmask); //
> line 900
> 
> That gives that error messages:
> 
> msedatalist.pas(897,47) Error: (3203) Illegal expression
> msedatalist.pas(899,61) Error: (3203) Illegal expression
> msedatalist.pas(900,72) Error: (3203) Illegal expression
> msedatalist.pas(1126,1) Fatal: (10026) There were 3 errors compiling module,
> stopping


you should figure out why typed constants are not being allowed/used in your 
setup...


https://wiki.freepascal.org/Constants#Scalar_constants
https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refse10.html


also, what mode are you compiling with? that may be tripping this up if the 
current mode doesn't allow typed constants...


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