i think the reason is that on a platform that has native 64bit integer support you might want separate implementations
(a guess) -ns http://www.roserox.co.th ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 19 August 2002 07:29 Subject: Re: [DUG]: 64 bit ints > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > >To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > >Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
