Index

Abstract, 64
Address, 120
Alias, 159
Ansistring, 29, 31
Array, 34, 152, 153
    Dynamic, 35
    Of const, 153
    Static, 34
array, 47
Asm, 144
Assembler, 144, 158, 184

block, 175
Boolean, 24

Case, 131
cdecl, 159
Char, 27
Class, 66, 72
Class helpers, 98
Classes, 66
COM, 47, 85
Comments, 11
Comp, 27
Const, 21
    String, 21
Constants, 19
    Ordinary, 19
    String, 17, 19, 31
    Typed, 20
Constructor, 60, 70, 118
CORBA, 47, 85
Currency, 27

Destructor, 60
Directives
    Hint, 14
Dispatch, 73
DispatchStr, 73
Double, 27

else, 131, 132
except, 181, 183
Exception, 180
Exceptions, 180
    Catching, 180, 181
    Classes, 183
    Handling, 182, 183
    Raising, 180
export, 160
Expression, 141, 142
Expressions, 114
Extended, 27
Extended records, 93
External, 157
external, 51, 157

Fields, 38, 58
File, 42
finally, 182, 183
For, 133, 134
    downto, 133
    in, 134
    to, 133
Forward, 45, 156
Function, 147
Functions, 146
    Assembler, 158, 184
    External, 157
    Forward, 156
    Modifiers, 158
    Overloaded, 155

Generics, 87

Hint directives, 14

Identifiers, 14
If, 132
index, 77, 157
Inherited, 71
inherited, 63, 80
inline, 160
interface, 82
Interfaces, 47, 48, 82
    COM, 85
    CORBA, 85
    Implementations, 84
interrupt, 160
iocheck, 161

Labels, 17
Libraries, 178
library, 178
local, 161

Message, 73
message, 73
Methods, 61, 70
    Abstract, 64
    Class, 72
    Message, 73
    Static, 62
    Virtual, 63, 64, 71
Modifiers, 13, 158, 164
    Alias, 159
    cdecl, 159
    export, 160
    inline, 160
    nostackframe, 161
    overload, 161
    pascal, 162
    public, 162
    register, 163
    safecall, 163
    saveregisters, 164
    softfloat, 164
    stdcall, 164
    varargs, 164
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 160
    iocheck, 161
    local, 161

name, 157
nostackframe, 161
Numbers, 15
    Binary, 16
    Decimal, 15
    Hexadecimal, 16
    Octal, 16
    Real, 15

object, 57
Objective-Pascal, 104
Objective-Pascal Classes, 104
Objects, 57
Operators, 19, 32, 44, 114, 120, 121
    Arithmetic, 121, 168
    Assignment, 166
    Binary, 168
    Boolean, 122
    Comparison, 169
    Logical, 122
    Relational, 125
    Set, 123
    String, 123
    Unary, 121
operators, 165
otherwise, 131
overload, 161
overloading
    operators, 165
Override, 71
override, 63

Packed, 38, 39, 58, 70
Parameters, 148
    Constant, 148, 151
    Open Array, 152, 153
    Out, 150
    Untypes, 148
    Value, 148
    Var, 77, 148, 149
pascal, 162
PChar, 30, 31
Pointer, 43
Private, 65, 67, 76
    strict, 68
private, 58
Procedural, 45
Procedure, 45, 146
Procedures, 146
program, 171
Properties, 53, 75
    Array, 78
    Indexed, 77
Property, 72, 75
Protected, 65, 68
Public, 65, 68
public, 58, 162
Published, 68, 76
PUnicodeChar, 31

Raise, 180
Read, 76
Real, 27
Record, 38
    Constant, 52
Record helpers, 98
register, 163
reintroduce, 71
Repeat, 141
Reserved words, 12
    Delphi, 13
    Free Pascal, 13
    Modifiers, 13
    Turbo Pascal, 12
Resourcestring, 21

safecall, 163
saveregisters, 164
Scope, 29, 37, 52, 57, 65, 67, 176
    block, 176
    Class, 177
    record, 177
    unit, 177
Self, 61, 72, 74
Set, 42
Shortstring, 28
Single, 27
softfloat, 164
Statements, 127
    Assembler, 144, 184
    Assignment, 127
    Case, 131
    Compound, 130
    Exception, 144
    For, 133, 134
    Goto, 129
    if, 132
    Loop, 133, 134, 141, 142
    Procedure, 128
    Repeat, 141
    Simple, 127
    Structured, 130
    While, 142
    With, 143
stdcall, 164
String, 17
Symbols, 10
Syntax diagrams, 8

Text, 42
then, 132
Thread Variables, 53
Threadvar, 53
Tokens, 10
    Comments, 11
    Identifiers, 14
    Numbers, 15
    Reserved words, 12
    Strings, 17
    Symbols, 10
try, 182, 183
Type, 22
Typecast, 29–31, 118, 119
    Unaligned, 119
    Value, 118
    Variable, 119
Types, 22
    Ansistring, 29
    Array, 34, 35
    Base, 22
    Boolean, 24
    Char, 27
    Class, 66
    Class helpers, 98
    Enumeration, 25
    Extended record, 93
    File, 42
    Forward declaration, 45
    Integer, 23
    Object, 57
    Ordinal, 23
    PChar, 30, 31
    Pointer, 31, 43
    Procedural, 45
    Real, 27
    Record, 38
    Record helpers, 98
    Reference counted, 29, 31, 35, 37, 85
    Set, 42
    String, 28
    Structured, 32
    Subrange, 26
    Unicodestring, 31
    Variant, 47
    Widestring, 31

Unicodestring, 31
unit, 172, 177
uses, 171

Var, 50
varargs, 164
Variable, 50
Variables, 50
    Initialized, 20, 52
Variant, 47
Virtual, 60, 63, 71, 73
Visibility, 57, 65, 82
    Private, 57, 67
    Protected, 68
    Public, 57, 68
    Published, 68
    Strict Private, 68

While, 142
Widestring, 31
With, 143
Write, 76