Am 29.04.2020 um 00:31 schrieb J. Gareth Moreton:
Hi everyone,
I'm having a serious bash at developing pure functions for FPC now,
specifically 'node emulation' so it can step through a pure function
and compute output values. One of the small problems I'm trying to
solve is keeping track of the state of variables, some of which are
record types or otherwise non-standard (e.g. _m128). Just before I
develop something that isn't cross-platform, is it acceptable to use
GetMem (and the use of pointers) and TVarRec on all platforms? (note
I'm using TVarRec, not the Variant type).
As I assume you mean inside the compiler, then yes, those are features
that can be considered available on systems the compiler works on.
Though you'll have to check whether TVarRec is the right choice for you
(no, definitely not Variant!), because due to Delphi compatibility it
does not contain a LongWord field. Maybe instead you'll want to use
something like TConstValue or some new record that contains the
necessary information? How do you plan to use it, that might give enough
hints to decide what to do?
Regards,
Sven
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