> On Aug 8, 2023, at 11:53 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
> <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
> By default @ returns a *untyped* pointer that can be assigned to any pointer
> type. Thus is compatible with Delphi and can be controlled with the
> $TypedAddress directive (there's a slight exception to this when you assign a
> pointer to a function to a function variable (etc) or pass it to such a
> parameter, because the compiler has to pick the correct overload if there are
> multiple functions with the same name in scope).
>
Oh $TypedAddress, I had learned about this some time ago for another reason. I
was always programming under the assumption @ was typed and just noticed this
now.
The next question is why @ is untyped (if it's just for Delphi why isn't it
behind the Delphi mode). This breaks type safety does it not?
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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