Sven Barth schrieb:
IMO "Integer" is a compiler built-in type, and thus it doesn't have a
reference to the current declaration. The same for Char and string types
:-(
You don't like to validate your assumptions, do you?
You're right, the *basic* types (SmallInt...) are not documented, the
*generic* types are. That's why I added "IMO", because I was too lazy
ATM to dig deeper into the problems.
rtl/inc/systemh.inc, line 87:
Type
{ The compiler has all integer types defined internally. Here
we define only aliases }
DWord = LongWord;
Cardinal = LongWord;
Integer = SmallInt;
UInt64 = QWord;
One problem is the missing declaration of "SmallInt", which makes the
"Integer" declaration useless.
and rtl/objpas/objpas.pp, line 24:
{ first, in object pascal, the integer type must be redefined }
const
MaxInt = MaxLongint;
type
Integer = longint;
...what causes further confusion. I accept that a documentation
*generator* can not know about the later setting of the compiler mode.
An IDE might know that mode and the target platform, though. But how
should it propagate that knowledge to the help viewer? And how shall the
user know which of the duplicate entries applies?
Please validate first by either checking the documentation by hand
(using lHelp's search) or using "IDENTIFER site:freepascal.org" on Google.
I trust a user when he says that something doesn't work, e.g. he doesn't
get help displayed for some keyword. Next comes the search for the
reason, maybe a configuration only, or a more general problem. And there
I search in my "knowledge base" for similar items, but because human
brains work differently from computer storage, my memory may be
misadjusted, but it is not normally plain wrong.
DoDi
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