Re: Delphi 7/8 Language enhancements

From: Eric Grange (egrange_at_glscene.org)
Date: 11/29/03

  • Next message: Per Larsen: "Re: Delphi 7/8 Language enhancements" 
    Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:20:59 +0100

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

    Not really, the code you gave does not declare a local variable
    with a default value, but a global variable with a local scope,
    i.e it is equivalent to having:

    var
       S : string = 'This is long overdue!';

    procedure ThisIsLongOverDue;
    begin
       ShowMessage(S);
       s := 'And it can be changed';
       ShowMessage(S);
    end;

    with "S" being only accessible in "ThisIsLongOverDue".

    Eric

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