Hi Michael, On 2016-03-29 16:18, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > Longword used to be Cardinal. > I guess it was changed for Delphi compatibility.
I really like Sven's idea of using (U)IntX data types where X is 8, 16, 32 or 64 bit. I think this is also future proof, considering Delphi's data type mess and the fact that FPC likes to be FPC compatible. With that being said, I noticed the FPC Language Reference doesn't mention the (U)IntX data types at all. Would it not maybe be useful in updating Tables 3.1 & 3.2 with the (U)IntX data types? http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refsu5.html Or maybe add a new table that shows the mapping between (U)IntX and other Object Pascal types and what range they apply to (similar to Table 3.2). eg: Int16 = SmallInt UInt16 = Word Int32 = Cardinal = LongWord etc. I don't mind supplying a documentation patch for you to review. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/graeme-pgp _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
