Steve:
  surely if you have just the one function

  function IntToStr(Value: Int64): string;

and it's not overloaded, then the compiler still won't complain.

That's why I was wondering what I had missed

Trevor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Peacocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG]: 64 bit ints


> No, you are missing nothing. One converts and Int64, the other an Integer.
>
> Stops the compiler complaining that you are using the wrong variable type.
>
> Steve
>
> At 04:26 pm 17/08/02, you wrote:
> >I use quite a lot of these in my code, and from time to time need to
convert
> >them to striings, so I use IntToStr in SysUtils.
> >
> >I've noticed that there are two versions (overloaded) in sysUtils:
> >
> >{ IntToStr converts the given value to its decimal string
representation. }
> >
> >function IntToStr(Value: Integer): string; overload;
> >function IntToStr(Value: Int64): string; overload;
> >
> >
> >and their implementation is
> >
> >function IntToStr(Value: Integer): string;
> >begin
> >   FmtStr(Result, '%d', [Value]);
> >end;
> >
> >function IntToStr(Value: Int64): string;
> >begin
> >   FmtStr(Result, '%d', [Value]);
> >end;
> >
> >Am I missing something here?, they seem to be identical.
> >
> >Confused Trevor
> >
> >
> >
>
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