Index

Abstract, 67
Address, 125
Alias, 166
Ansistring, 29, 31, 32
Array, 35, 159, 160
    Dynamic, 36
    Of const, 160
    Static, 35
array, 50
Asm, 151
Assembler, 151, 165, 193

block, 183
Boolean, 24

Case, 138
cdecl, 166
Char, 27
Class, 69, 75
Class helpers, 103
Classes, 69
COM, 50, 90
Comments, 11
Comp, 27
Const, 21
    String, 21
Constants, 19
    Ordinary, 19
    String, 17, 19, 32
    Typed, 20
Constructor, 63, 73, 123
CORBA, 50, 90
Currency, 27

Destructor, 63
Directives
    Hint, 14
Dispatch, 76
DispatchStr, 76
Double, 27

else, 138, 139
except, 190, 191
Exception, 188
Exceptions, 188
    Catching, 188, 190
    Classes, 192
    Handling, 191
    Raising, 188
export, 167
Expression, 148, 149
Expressions, 119
Extended, 27
Extended records, 98
External, 164
external, 54, 164

Fields, 39, 61
File, 43
finally, 191
For, 140, 141
    downto, 140
    in, 141
    to, 140
Forward, 46, 163
Function, 154
Functions, 153
    Assembler, 165, 193
    External, 164
    Forward, 163
    Modifiers, 165
    Overloaded, 162

Generics, 92

Hint directives, 14

Identifiers, 14
If, 139
index, 80, 164
Inherited, 74
inherited, 66, 83
inline, 167
interface, 85
Interfaces, 50, 51, 85
    COM, 90
    CORBA, 90
    Implementations, 87
interrupt, 167
iocheck, 168

Labels, 17
Libraries, 186
library, 186
local, 168

Message, 76
message, 76
Methods, 64, 73
    Abstract, 67
    Class, 75
    Message, 76
    Static, 65
    Virtual, 66, 67, 74
Modifiers, 13, 165, 171
    Alias, 166
    cdecl, 166
    export, 167
    inline, 167
    nostackframe, 168
    overload, 168
    pascal, 169
    public, 169
    register, 170
    safecall, 170
    saveregisters, 171
    softfloat, 171
    stdcall, 171
    varargs, 171
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 167
    iocheck, 168
    local, 168

name, 164
nostackframe, 168
Numbers, 15
    Binary, 16
    Decimal, 16
    Hexadecimal, 16
    Octal, 16
    Real, 15

object, 60
Objective-Pascal, 109
Objective-Pascal Classes, 109
Objects, 60
Operators, 19, 33, 45, 119, 125, 126
    Arithmetic, 126, 175
    Assignment, 173
    Binary, 175
    Boolean, 128
    Comparison, 176
    Logical, 127
    Relational, 130
    Set, 128
    String, 128
    Unary, 127
operators, 172
otherwise, 138
overload, 168
overloading
    operators, 172
Override, 74
override, 66

Packed, 39, 40, 61, 73
Parameters, 155
    Constant, 155, 158
    Open Array, 159, 160
    Out, 157
    Untypes, 155
    Value, 155
    Var, 80, 155, 156
pascal, 169
PChar, 31
Pointer, 44
Private, 68, 70, 79
    strict, 71
private, 61
Procedural, 46
Procedure, 46, 153
Procedures, 153
program, 179
Properties, 56, 78
    Array, 81
    Indexed, 80
Property, 75, 78
Protected, 68, 71
Public, 68, 71
public, 61, 169
Published, 71, 79
PUnicodeChar, 31

Raise, 188
Read, 79
Real, 27
Record, 39
    Constant, 55
Record helpers, 103
register, 170
reintroduce, 74
Repeat, 148
Reserved words, 12
    Delphi, 13
    Free Pascal, 13
    Modifiers, 13
    Turbo Pascal, 12
Resourcestring, 21

safecall, 170
saveregisters, 171
Scope, 30, 38, 55, 60, 68, 70, 184
    block, 184
    Class, 185
    record, 185
    unit, 185
Self, 64, 75, 77
Set, 43
Shortstring, 28
Single, 27
softfloat, 171
Statements, 134
    Assembler, 151, 193
    Assignment, 134
    Case, 138
    Compound, 137
    Exception, 151
    For, 140, 141
    Goto, 136
    if, 139
    Loop, 140, 141, 148, 149
    Procedure, 135
    Repeat, 148
    Simple, 134
    Structured, 137
    While, 149
    With, 150
stdcall, 171
String, 17
Symbols, 10
Syntax diagrams, 8

Text, 43
then, 139
Thread Variables, 56
Threadvar, 56
Tokens, 10
    Comments, 11
    Identifiers, 14
    Numbers, 15
    Reserved words, 12
    Strings, 17
    Symbols, 10
try, 191
Type, 22
Typecast, 29, 31, 123–125
    Unaligned, 125
    Value, 123
    Variable, 124
Types, 22
    Ansistring, 29
    Array, 35, 36
    Base, 22
    Boolean, 24
    Char, 27
    Class, 69
    Class helpers, 103
    Enumeration, 25
    Extended record, 98
    File, 43
    Forward declaration, 46
    Integer, 23
    Object, 60
    Ordinal, 23
    PChar, 31, 32
    Pointer, 32, 44
    Procedural, 46
    Real, 27
    Record, 39
    Record helpers, 103
    Reference counted, 29, 31, 36, 38, 90
    Set, 43
    String, 28
    Structured, 33
    Subrange, 26
    Unicodestring, 31
    Variant, 49
    Widestring, 31

Unicodestring, 31
unit, 180, 185
uses, 179

Var, 53
varargs, 171
Variable, 53
Variables, 53
    Initialized, 20, 55
Variant, 49
Virtual, 63, 66, 74, 76
Visibility, 60, 68, 85
    Private, 60, 70
    Protected, 71
    Public, 60, 71
    Published, 71
    Strict Private, 71

While, 149
WideChar, 28
Widestring, 31
With, 150
Write, 79