[fpc-pascal] Bookmark, TBookmarkStr, TBytes and BytesOf

[Santi]

El 26/08/2021 a las 11:58, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal escribió:
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> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, Santiago A. via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> Hello:
>>
>> Freepascal 3.2.0. Windows 7-32bits
>>
>> TMyObject=class   private     fDset:TDataset;    function 
>> GetBookmark:TBookmarkStr; ... end;
>>
>> function TMyObject.GetBookmark:TBookmarkStr; Begin 
>> result:=FDset.Bookmark; end;
>>
>> I get this compiling error:
>> Incompatible types: got "TBytes" expected "AnsiString"
>>
>> Nevertheless, /TbookmarkStr/ documentation example assigns bookmark 
>> property to a TBookmarkStr variable
>> https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/fcl/db/tdataset.bookmark.html
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> The type used for bookmarks changed over time.
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> You really must use TBookmark.
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> I have corrected the documentation, it seems the 2 types were switched 
> when
> I corrected the documentation when the type actually changed. Sorry 
> about that :/

By the way, BytesOf documentation is also misleading

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> Michael.
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Saludos
Santi

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