On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Ryan Joseph <r...@thealchemistguild.com> wrote:
> I’ve seen functions that use the untyped params like: > > function GetSomething (var something): boolean; > > This seems like something useful I would like to use but how can you > assign to the parameter? I tried but I got an error message which is > confusing because it’s a “var” after all. > A parameter you pass, would be passed by a reference (an address in memory) Thus GetSomething(5) will not work. var i: integer; begin i:=5; GetSometing(i) Be careful using this open parameter, since you don't have any type information about "something". You either should not assume the type or pass the additional information thanks, Dmitry
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