Re: [fpc-pascal] constant records as default parameters

2010-12-31 Thread David Emerson
> AFAIK default parameters can only be simple types, not complex types > like records. Well... it certainly appears to be so... > Although, I did get the following program using a default > class parameter to compile and run. Kinda defeats the purpose (low overhead). I'll stick with two simpl

Re: [fpc-pascal] constant records as default parameters

2010-12-30 Thread Howard Page-Clark
On 30/12/10 7:40, David Emerson wrote: I'd like to use a constant record as a default parameter. Is there some way to do this? Here's my use case: type lt_ints = record left, top : longint; end; const lt_zero : lt_ints = (left:0; top:0); procedure do_something (const offset_lt