In our previous episode, Henry Vermaak said: > > and access the record members respectively. It's a static address, known at > > compile time. No dereferencing. > > > >> No, it's not weakened by C-style all of a sudden, it's _always_ been > >> like this. > > > > No. Your confusing arrays and pointers. Or maybe, you're confusing Pascal > > and C. > > Thanks for the explanation, I was under the impression that arrays in > Pascal were similar to C. How do you explain the "automatic" > dereferencing with a pointer to an array that J?rgen is talking about?
This is an extension of Borland dialects, of a much later period, where OS apis and examples are specified at C level. Other such examples are enums with gaps, the ability to have fieldnames with the same name as types etc. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
