Re: Delphi 7/8 Language enhancements

From: Nick Hodges (TeamB) (nickhodges_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:38:12 -0600

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 20:17:16 -0000, "Mark" <mailme@marrr.co.uk> wrote:

>procedure ThisIsLongOverDue;
>var
> S : string = 'This is long overdue!';
>begin
> ShowMessage(S);
>end;

You can do this (prettymuch) already -- Check "Assignable Typed
Constants" in the Compiler page of the Project Options, and you can do
this..

procedure ThisIsLongOverDue;
const
  S : string = 'This is long overdue!';
begin
  ShowMessage(S);
  s := 'And it can be changed';
  ShowMessage(S);
end;

Nick Hodges - TeamB
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