On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 22:03, "Vinzent Höfler" <jellyfish.softw...@gmx.net> wrote:
> BTW, the expression "@DynamicArray" should really return the address of the > first element, not the address of the pointer to the array structure. What's wrong with the current solution? "the first element" = DynamicArray[0] "address of the first element" -> @DynamicArray[0] Makes perfect sense :-) > It somehow destroys the abstraction. And I can't imagine any situation where > the pointer might be of the interest for the user of the abstraction. That really doesn't matter. What matters is consistency. Pointer to variable X is defined as address of the first byte of memory where variable X is stored. If you work with pointers to complex data types, you have to be aware of internal structure. Otherwise, don't use pointers - they are evil anyway :-) _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
