I very seldom comment on this, or any, forum unless I have a good answer
and no one else seem to have one. This case is different. I have noticed
quit often here that instead of answering the question people try to
reason why in the world the author of the question would even want to do
this. Would it not be better to tell him how to do it or at the most say
"I don't know". I know there are times when you want to prevent someone
from making a serious mistake, but this is not the case here.
Sometimes the question is placed by someone new to programming and it is
important to learn from your own work, mistakes and all. Often the
question also comes from people migrating from, or knowledgeable with,
another language where a similar functionality exits. This type of
argument will only discourage them away from our beloved Pascal.
Nur mein Senf.
On Sun 27/07/2014 11:18, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:
Am 2014-07-27 12:51, schrieb Steve Gatenby:
I would find code in the form of
ArrayLen := IncLength(ArrayName, 1);
to be much more readable then
SetLength(ArrayName, Length(ArrayName)+1);
ArrayLen:= High(ArrayName);
Why? It is not clear which index ArrayLen will receive from IncLength.
You need to look up (or remember) what exactly this function does
while in the two-line version it is all clear and unambiguous.
Especially, if you not only add 1 element but more as in
ArrayLen := IncLength(ArrayName,2);
SetLength(ArrayName, Length(ArrayName)+2);
ArrayLen:= High(ArrayName);
In the first version, which value will ArrayLen be set to?
High(ArrayName) or High(ArrayName)-1?
This is very clear in the second version.
IMO it is not worth investing time into writing a function
that obscures the code. If you look at it months later
you may no longer know what IncLength does exactly,
not to talk about if someone else has/wants to read
your code.
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