<wkitt...@windstream.net> schrieb am Mi., 25. März 2020, 18:47:

> On 3/24/20 6:58 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:
> > wkitt...@windstream.net schrieb am Di., 24. März 2020, 18:37:
> >
> >> you should figure out why typed constants are not being allowed/used
> >> in your setup...
> >
> > Typed constants can not be used to initialize constants.
>
>
> hummm... ok, so how to you get a constant to be a byte and storing 7 for
> the
> decimal value?
>

The compiler normally uses the smallest possible type that can represent
the value. You can force it however by using e.g.

const
  MyConst = Word(42);


> or are you saying that you cannot use a typed constant in the init of
> another
> (typed) constant?
>

Correct.

Regards,
Sven

>
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