HI, On Tue, 26 Dec 2017, Thorsten Engler wrote:
> > Item: BYTE BASED ItemPtr; > > Ignoring any other considerations for now, I would have at least used a > logical extension derived from already supported syntax: > > Item: Byte absolute ItemPtr^; As far as I understand (I did not try) this was once supported, but explicitly removed by FPC 2.4.0 from Absolute keyword dereferencing is no longer allowed: http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.4.0#Absolute_variable_declarations As the reasoning there shows, it's a very slippery slope this, which could open a can of worms, so careful people. :) Charlie _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
