Am 13.09.2010 14:51, schrieb Willibald Krenn: > >>> Well, it's the Delphi way of creating a new type rather than an >>> alias. >> >> Since they are still assignment compatible, I don't consider it as >> a really new type. > > Are you sure they are assignment compatible?
I don't have a delphi here, but I'am pretty sure, yes. > I thought the whole > point of the type A = type B was to make a new type, not an alias. Well, the point is to be able to overload procedures/functions. They are no more equal but compatible. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel