[fpc-pascal] Pointer question

[Hairy Pixels]

> On Aug 8, 2023, at 11:53 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
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> By default @ returns a *untyped* pointer that can be assigned to any pointer type. Thus is compatible with Delphi and can be controlled with the $TypedAddress directive (there's a slight exception to this when you assign a pointer to a function to a function variable (etc) or pass it to such a parameter, because the compiler has to pick the correct overload if there are multiple functions with the same name in scope). 
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Oh $TypedAddress, I had learned about this some time ago for another reason. I was always programming under the assumption @ was typed and just noticed this now.

The next question is why @ is untyped (if it's just for Delphi why isn't it behind the Delphi mode). This breaks type safety does it not? 

Regards,
Ryan Joseph