Index

Abstract, 66
Address, 122
Alias, 163
Ansistring, 29, 31
Array, 34, 156, 157
    Dynamic, 35
    Of const, 157
    Static, 34
array, 49
Asm, 148
Assembler, 148, 162, 190

block, 180
Boolean, 24

Case, 135
cdecl, 163
Char, 27
Class, 68, 74
Class helpers, 100
Classes, 68
COM, 49, 87
Comments, 11
Comp, 27
Const, 21
    String, 21
Constants, 19
    Ordinary, 19
    String, 17, 19, 31
    Typed, 20
Constructor, 62, 72, 120
CORBA, 49, 87
Currency, 27

Destructor, 62
Directives
    Hint, 14
Dispatch, 75
DispatchStr, 75
Double, 27

else, 135, 136
except, 187, 188
Exception, 185
Exceptions, 185
    Catching, 185, 187
    Classes, 189
    Handling, 188
    Raising, 185
export, 164
Expression, 145, 146
Expressions, 116
Extended, 27
Extended records, 95
External, 161
external, 53, 161

Fields, 38, 60
File, 42
finally, 188
For, 137, 138
    downto, 137
    in, 138
    to, 137
Forward, 45, 160
Function, 151
Functions, 150
    Assembler, 162, 190
    External, 161
    Forward, 160
    Modifiers, 162
    Overloaded, 159

Generics, 89

Hint directives, 14

Identifiers, 14
If, 136
index, 79, 161
Inherited, 73
inherited, 65, 82
inline, 164
interface, 84
Interfaces, 49, 50, 84
    COM, 87
    CORBA, 87
    Implementations, 86
interrupt, 164
iocheck, 165

Labels, 17
Libraries, 183
library, 183
local, 165

Message, 75
message, 75
Methods, 63, 72
    Abstract, 66
    Class, 74
    Message, 75
    Static, 64
    Virtual, 65, 66, 73
Modifiers, 13, 162, 168
    Alias, 163
    cdecl, 163
    export, 164
    inline, 164
    nostackframe, 165
    overload, 165
    pascal, 166
    public, 166
    register, 167
    safecall, 167
    saveregisters, 168
    softfloat, 168
    stdcall, 168
    varargs, 168
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 164
    iocheck, 165
    local, 165

name, 161
nostackframe, 165
Numbers, 15
    Binary, 16
    Decimal, 16
    Hexadecimal, 16
    Octal, 16
    Real, 15

object, 59
Objective-Pascal, 106
Objective-Pascal Classes, 106
Objects, 59
Operators, 19, 32, 44, 116, 122, 123
    Arithmetic, 123, 172
    Assignment, 170
    Binary, 172
    Boolean, 125
    Comparison, 173
    Logical, 124
    Relational, 127
    Set, 125
    String, 125
    Unary, 124
operators, 169
otherwise, 135
overload, 165
overloading
    operators, 169
Override, 73
override, 65

Packed, 38, 39, 60, 72
Parameters, 152
    Constant, 152, 155
    Open Array, 156, 157
    Out, 154
    Untypes, 152
    Value, 152
    Var, 79, 152, 153
pascal, 166
PChar, 30, 31
Pointer, 43
Private, 67, 69, 78
    strict, 70
private, 60
Procedural, 45
Procedure, 45, 150
Procedures, 150
program, 176
Properties, 55, 77
    Array, 80
    Indexed, 79
Property, 74, 77
Protected, 67, 70
Public, 67, 70
public, 60, 166
Published, 70, 78
PUnicodeChar, 31

Raise, 185
Read, 78
Real, 27
Record, 38
    Constant, 54
Record helpers, 100
register, 167
reintroduce, 73
Repeat, 145
Reserved words, 12
    Delphi, 13
    Free Pascal, 13
    Modifiers, 13
    Turbo Pascal, 12
Resourcestring, 21

safecall, 167
saveregisters, 168
Scope, 29, 37, 54, 59, 67, 69, 181
    block, 181
    Class, 182
    record, 182
    unit, 182
Self, 63, 74, 76
Set, 42
Shortstring, 28
Single, 27
softfloat, 168
Statements, 131
    Assembler, 148, 190
    Assignment, 131
    Case, 135
    Compound, 134
    Exception, 148
    For, 137, 138
    Goto, 133
    if, 136
    Loop, 137, 138, 145, 146
    Procedure, 132
    Repeat, 145
    Simple, 131
    Structured, 134
    While, 146
    With, 147
stdcall, 168
String, 17
Symbols, 10
Syntax diagrams, 8

Text, 42
then, 136
Thread Variables, 55
Threadvar, 55
Tokens, 10
    Comments, 11
    Identifiers, 14
    Numbers, 15
    Reserved words, 12
    Strings, 17
    Symbols, 10
try, 188
Type, 22
Typecast, 29–31, 120–122
    Unaligned, 122
    Value, 120
    Variable, 121
Types, 22
    Ansistring, 29
    Array, 34, 35
    Base, 22
    Boolean, 24
    Char, 27
    Class, 68
    Class helpers, 100
    Enumeration, 25
    Extended record, 95
    File, 42
    Forward declaration, 45
    Integer, 23
    Object, 59
    Ordinal, 23
    PChar, 30, 31
    Pointer, 31, 43
    Procedural, 45
    Real, 27
    Record, 38
    Record helpers, 100
    Reference counted, 29, 31, 35, 37, 87
    Set, 42
    String, 28
    Structured, 32
    Subrange, 26
    Unicodestring, 31
    Variant, 48
    Widestring, 31

Unicodestring, 31
unit, 177, 182
uses, 176

Var, 52
varargs, 168
Variable, 52
Variables, 52
    Initialized, 20, 54
Variant, 48
Virtual, 62, 65, 73, 75
Visibility, 59, 67, 84
    Private, 59, 69
    Protected, 70
    Public, 59, 70
    Published, 70
    Strict Private, 70

While, 146
Widestring, 31
With, 147
Write, 78