Re: Problem with functions in pascal...

Stephen Edwards (edwards@CS.VT.EDU)
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:04:57 -0500

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Date:         Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:04:57 -0500
From: Stephen Edwards <edwards@CS.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Problem with functions in pascal...

daward6@VT.EDU wrote:

> FUNCTION intarray ( t_list, s_list : ARRAY OF INTEGER ) : ARRAY OF INTEGER;

I am not sure why this is not working, but be aware that this
is a non-standard extension provided by FreePascal (and Delphi),
and is not part of the ISO Standard. You can read Section 8.3
of the FreePascal reference manual for s bit more info.

Normally, in Pascal, the array bounds are considered part of the
type of an array, and one would typically declare a type:

    type MyArray = array [1..20] of integer;

Then you can use this type as the type of any arguments to
procedures or functions. This will work fine in all versions
of Pascal.

                                -- Steve

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