Re: Poll: SizeOf(variable) vs SizeOf(type), should SizeOf(variable)bebanned?

Skybuck Flying wrote:
By the way, there is one situation in Delphi where calling SizeOf
on a variable is the only thing you can do -- it's impossible to
call SizeOf on that variable's type.
And what would that be ?
I'll give you a hint. It has to do with a certain kind of array.

Well, I tried all kinds of combinations.

So far I can call SizeOf on those combinations just fine.

Then you haven't tried them all. Here's another hint. This kind of array is only usable when it appears in a parameter declaration.

--
Rob
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