No, it happens with static arrays, if you set pia := @ia, ia[x] and
pia[x] will give you the same result (in delphi mode, at least).
It's simply more readable and a shortcut.
It's definitely the opposite: It is *less* readable because it leaves it
unclear what data you are operating with. Enumerating a pointer makes
you think that you are enumerating an array. That was the origin of the
whole threat because someone was not clear about what to use as
parameter in MOVE. It is no longer logical what a written identifier
means: A pointer or an array.
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