Re: Open array

Rob Kennedy wrote:
Fons Rave wrote:
procedure OpenArray;

procedure Xxx(Bbb : array of boolean);
begin
end;

That is a procedure that takes an open array.

type TArrayOfBoolean = array of boolean;

That is a dynamic array.

procedure Yyy(Bbb : TArrayOfBoolean);
begin
end;

That is a procedure that takes a dynamic array.

That is so confusing. I still have to think twice when I declare a routine
and a variable with this syntax. Strange they didn't distinguish between the
two.

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Bjørge
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