On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 21:02, Jonas Maebe <jonas.ma...@elis.ugent.be> wrote:
>> Ok, so how about introducing, say, FillMem procedure, which is >> identical to FillChar >> except that it has "out" parameter, > > See http://lists.freepascal.org/lists/fpc-devel/2009-November/018559.html > > FillMem would be a very bad name though, because it in now way suggests how > it would differ from FillChar (a bit like the confusing AllocMem vs GetMem). > FillCharFinalized, or FinalizeAndFill or so would be more appropriate. > Or simply FillCharOut? Thinking about it some more, I am wondering -- maybe this is not the real solution at all. Consider: var a: array of String; begin ... fill a with some stings ... FillChar(a[0], SizeOf(a) * SizeOf(string), 0); end; I suspect that both FillChar and FillCharOut are wrong here. So, maybe what we actually need is FillArray(out array; const value) half-magical function, so that the above code might be rewritten as FillArray(a, '') ? Another related possibility would be SetLengthInit(out array; len: Integer; const value); -- Alexander S. Klenin _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
