Index

Abstract, 62
Address, 96
Alias, 127
Ansistring, 28, 30
Array, 33, 120, 121
    Dynamic, 34
    Of const, 121
    Static, 33
array, 46
Asm, 113
Assembler, 113, 126, 152

block, 144
Boolean, 23

Case, 107
cdecl, 128
Char, 26
Class, 64, 70
Classes, 64
COM, 45, 82
Comments, 11
Comp, 26
Const, 19
    String, 19
Constants, 18
    Ordinary, 18
    String, 17, 18, 30
    Typed, 19
Constructor, 58, 67, 94
CORBA, 45, 82
Currency, 26

Destructor, 58
Directives
    Hint, 14
Dispatch, 71
DispatchStr, 71
Double, 26

else, 107, 108
except, 149, 151
Exception, 148
Exceptions, 148
    Catching, 148, 149
    Classes, 151
    Handling, 150, 151
    Raising, 148
export, 128
Expression, 110, 111
Expressions, 90
Extended, 26
External, 125
external, 49, 126

Fields, 36, 56
File, 41
finally, 150, 151
For, 109
Forward, 43, 124
Function, 116
Functions, 115
    Assembler, 126, 152
    External, 125
    Forward, 124
    Modifiers, 126
    Overloaded, 123

Generics, 84

Hint directives, 14

Identifiers, 13
If, 108
index, 75, 126
Inherited, 69
inherited, 61, 77
inline, 128
interface, 79
Interfaces, 45, 47, 79
    COM, 82
    CORBA, 82
    Implementations, 81
interrupt, 129

Labels, 16
Libraries, 147
library, 147
local, 129

Message, 70, 71
message, 70
Methods, 59, 68
    Abstract, 62
    Class, 70
    Message, 70
    Static, 60
    Virtual, 61, 62, 69
Modifiers, 13, 126, 132
    Alias, 127
    cdecl, 128
    export, 128
    inline, 128
    nostackframe, 129
    overload, 129
    pascal, 131
    public, 131
    register, 131
    safecall, 132
    saveregisters, 132
    softfloat, 132
    stdcall, 132
    varargs, 132
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 129
    local, 129

name, 125
nostackframe, 129
Numbers, 15
    Binary, 15
    Decimal, 15
    Hexadecimal, 15
    Real, 15

object, 55
Objects, 55
Operators, 18, 31, 43, 90, 96, 97
    Arithmetic, 97, 137
    Assignment, 135
    Binary, 137
    Boolean, 98
    Comparison, 138
    Logical, 98
    Relational, 101
    Set, 99
    String, 99
    Unary, 97
operators, 134
otherwise, 107
overload, 129
overloading
    operators, 134
Override, 69
override, 61

Packed, 37, 38, 56, 68
Parameters, 117
    Constant, 117, 120
    Open Array, 120, 121
    Out, 119
    Untypes, 117
    Value, 117
    Var, 75, 117, 118
pascal, 131
PChar, 29, 30
Pointer, 41
Private, 63, 65, 74
private, 56
Procedural, 44
Procedure, 44, 115
Procedures, 115
program, 140
Properties, 51, 73
    Array, 76
    Indexed, 75
Property, 70, 73
Protected, 63, 65
Public, 63, 65
public, 56, 131
Published, 65, 74
PWideChar, 30

Raise, 148
Read, 74
Real, 26
Record, 36
    Constant, 50
register, 131
reintroduce, 69
Repeat, 110
Reserved words, 12
    Delphi, 13
    Free Pascal, 13
    Modifiers, 13
    Turbo Pascal, 12
Resourcestring, 19

safecall, 132
saveregisters, 132
Scope, 28, 35, 50, 55, 63, 65, 145
    block, 145
    Class, 146
    record, 146
    unit, 146
Self, 59, 70, 72
Set, 40
Shortstring, 27
Single, 26
softfloat, 132
Statements, 103
    Assembler, 113, 152
    Assignment, 103
    Case, 107
    Compound, 106
    Exception, 113
    For, 109
    Goto, 105
    if, 108
    Loop, 109–111
    Procedure, 104
    Repeat, 110
    Simple, 103
    Structured, 106
    While, 111
    With, 111
stdcall, 132
String, 17
Symbols, 10
Syntax diagrams, 8

Text, 41
then, 108
Thread Variables, 51
Threadvar, 51
Tokens, 10
    Identifiers, 13
    Numbers, 15
    Reserved words, 12
    Strings, 17
    Symbols, 10, 11
try, 150, 151
Type, 21
Typecast, 28–30, 94, 95
    Unaligned, 95
    Value, 94
    Variable, 95
Types, 21
    Ansistring, 28
    Array, 33, 34
    Base, 21
    Boolean, 23
    Char, 26
    Class, 64
    Enumeration, 24
    File, 41
    Forward declaration, 43
    Integer, 22
    Object, 55
    Ordinal, 22
    PChar, 29, 30
    Pointer, 30, 41
    Procedural, 44
    Real, 26
    Record, 36
    Reference counted, 28, 29, 34, 35, 82
    Set, 40
    String, 26
    Structured, 31
    Subrange, 25
    Variant, 45
    Widestring, 29

unit, 141, 146
uses, 140

Var, 48
varargs, 132
Variable, 48
Variables, 48
    Initialized, 19, 50
Variant, 45
Virtual, 58, 61, 69, 70
Visibility, 55, 63, 79
    Private, 55
    Protected, 65
    Public, 55, 65
    Published, 65

While, 111
Widestring, 29
With, 111
Write, 74