Index

Abstract, 57
Address, 90
Alias, 121
Ansistring, 23, 25
Array, 28, 114, 115
    Dynamic, 30
    Of const, 115
    Static, 29
array, 42
Asm, 107
Assembler, 107, 120, 145

block, 137
Boolean, 19

Case, 101
cdecl, 122
Char, 22
Class, 60, 65
Classes, 60
COM, 41, 77
Comments, 8
Comp, 22
Const, 16
    String, 16
Constants, 15
    Ordinary, 15
    String, 13, 15, 26
    Typed, 16
Constructor, 53, 63, 87
CORBA, 41, 77
Currency, 22

Destructor, 53
Directives
    Hint, 11
Dispatch, 66
DispatchStr, 67
Double, 22

else, 101, 102
except, 142, 144
Exception, 141
Exceptions, 141
    Catching, 141, 142
    Classes, 144
    Handling, 143, 144
    Raising, 141
export, 122
Expression, 104, 105
Expressions, 84
Extended, 22
External, 119
external, 45, 120

Fields, 32, 52
File, 37
finally, 143, 144
For, 103
Forward, 39, 118
Function, 110
Functions, 109
    Assembler, 120, 145
    External, 119
    Forward, 118
    Modifiers, 120
    Overloaded, 117

Generics, 78

Hint directives, 11

Identifiers, 10
If, 102
index, 70, 120
Inherited, 65
inline, 122
interface, 74
Interfaces, 41, 43, 74
    COM, 77
    CORBA, 77
    Implementations, 76
interrupt, 123

Labels, 13
Libraries, 140
library, 140
local, 123

Message, 66, 67
message, 66
Methods, 55, 64
    Abstract, 57
    Class, 65
    Message, 66
    Static, 55
    Virtual, 56, 57, 64
Modifiers, 10, 120, 126
    Alias, 121
    cdecl, 122
    export, 122
    inline, 122
    nostackframe, 123
    overload, 123
    pascal, 124
    public, 124
    register, 125
    safecall, 125
    saveregisters, 126
    softfloat, 126
    stdcall, 126
    varargs, 126
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 123
    local, 123

name, 119
nostackframe, 123
Numbers, 12
    Binary, 12
    Decimal, 12
    Hexadecimal, 12
    Real, 12

object, 51
Objects, 51
Operators, 15, 27, 36, 39, 84, 90, 91
    Arithmetic, 91, 130
    Assignment, 128
    Binary, 130
    Boolean, 92
    Comparison, 131
    Logical, 92
    Relational, 94
    Set, 93
    String, 93
    Unary, 91
operators, 127
otherwise, 101
overload, 118, 123
overloading
    operators, 127
Override, 65
override, 57

Packed, 33, 34, 52, 64
Parameters, 111
    Constant, 111, 114
    Open Array, 114, 115
    Out, 113
    Untypes, 111
    Value, 111
    Var, 70, 111, 112
pascal, 124
PChar, 25
Pointer, 37
Private, 58, 61, 70
private, 52
Procedural, 40
Procedure, 40, 109
Procedures, 109
program, 133
Properties, 47, 69
    Array, 71
    Indexed, 70
Property, 66, 69
Protected, 58, 61
Public, 58, 61
public, 52, 124
Published, 61, 70
PWideChar, 25

Raise, 141
Read, 69
Real, 22
Record, 32
    Constant, 46
register, 125
reintroduce, 65
Repeat, 104
Reserved words, 9
    Delphi, 10
    Free Pascal, 10
    Modifiers, 10
    Turbo Pascal, 9
Resourcestring, 16

safecall, 125
saveregisters, 126
Scope, 24, 31, 46, 51, 58, 61, 138
    block, 138
    Class, 139
    record, 139
    unit, 139
Self, 55, 66, 68
Set, 36
Shortstring, 23
Single, 22
softfloat, 126
Statements, 97
    Assembler, 107, 145
    Assignment, 97
    Case, 101
    Compound, 100
    Exception, 107
    For, 103
    Goto, 99
    if, 102
    Loop, 103–105
    Procedure, 98
    Repeat, 104
    Simple, 97
    Structured, 100
    While, 105
    With, 105
stdcall, 126
String, 13
Symbols, 8
Syntax diagrams, 7

Text, 37
then, 102
Thread Variables, 47
Threadvar, 47
Tokens, 8
    Identifiers, 10
    Numbers, 12
    Reserved words, 9
    Strings, 13
    Symbols, 8
try, 143, 144
Type, 17
Typecast, 24, 25, 88, 89
    Unaligned, 89
    Value, 88
    Variable, 89
Types, 17
    Ansistring, 23
    Array, 28–30
    Base, 17
    Boolean, 19
    Char, 22
    Class, 60
    Enumeration, 20
    File, 37
    Forward declaration, 39
    Integer, 18
    Object, 51
    Ordinal, 18
    PChar, 25, 26
    Pointer, 26, 37
    Procedural, 40
    Real, 22
    Record, 32
    Reference counted, 23, 25, 30, 31, 77
    Set, 36
    String, 22
    Structured, 27
    Subrange, 21
    Variant, 41
    Widestring, 25

unit, 134, 139
uses, 133

Var, 44
varargs, 126
Variable, 44
Variables, 44
    Initialized, 16, 46
Variant, 41
Virtual, 53, 54, 56, 64, 66
Visibility, 51, 58, 74
    Private, 51
    Protected, 61
    Public, 51, 61
    Published, 61

While, 105
Widestring, 25
With, 105
Write, 70