On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 17:56, Hans-Peter Diettrich <drdiettri...@aol.com> wrote: > Alexander Klenin schrieb: > >> Since string was introduced as built-in "scalar" type with defined equality, >> lack of 'case' support can be viewed as a design bug. > > IMO strings are similarly "scalar" as are floating point numbers, with > regards to 'case'.
Note that I said "with defined equality". The reason 'case' should not include floating point numbers is that equality if not usefully defined for them. -- Alexander S. Klenin _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus