> Do you mean this one? > > "Using const allows the compiler to optimize code for structured- and > string-type parameters." > > "Allows" is not the same as "forces". This line in the help file does not > say that const parameters are passed by reference. It says that it may often > be so, perhaps all current implementations make it so, but it is by no means > guaranteed.
Martin Schreiber also chimed in, pointing out: http://bit.ly/6uaAiB "Larger sets, records, and static arrays are passed as 32-bit pointers to the value." The documentation is unambiguous there. Claiming that it doesn't have anything to say on the subject is patently false. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
