[fpc-pascal] Subscript pointers

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2023, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:

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>> On Jun 22, 2023, at 8:41 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
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>> It's for easier pointer math, a construct which has been used in FPC since day 1 (AFAIK).
>> Use with care, since no boundary checks are done.
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> You mean instead of doing p + 1 or you can do p[1]?

Yes.

> It may have been used for C compatibility too since an array in C is just a pointer.

Yes, the concepts are similar.

Michael.