Am 06.01.2013 00:34, schrieb Bart: > On 1/5/13, Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote: > >> Because they don't fit in 32 bits. > > Which (to me) raises the question: why do "true ordinal" values have > to fit in 32 bits?
Because operations like array accesses require that they fit into one register. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal