[fpc-pascal] Converting old pascal written for Pascal/MT+ compiler

[Jacob Kroon]

Hi Michael,


On 4/4/23 09:05, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

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>>
>> Do I have any other option besides changing from "var" to "const" 
>> everywhere, and provide initial values in all declarations ?
> 
> Make them actually global variables.
> 
> procedure X;
> 
> Var
>   y : integer;
> 
> begin
> // Use y
> end;
> 
> becomes
> 
> var x__y : integer;
> 
> procedure x;
> 
> begin
>    // use x__y end;
> 
> I did this operation manually for some programs that I had to update.
> Maybe perl can help.
> 

Ok, makes sense. I'll see if putting them in "const" sections makes more 
sense, otherwise I guess this is the route I'll have to take.

Regards,
Jacob