Index

Abstract, 64
Address, 120
Alias, 160
Ansistring, 29, 31
Array, 34, 153, 154
    Dynamic, 35
    Of const, 154
    Static, 34
array, 47
Asm, 145
Assembler, 145, 159, 185

block, 176
Boolean, 24

Case, 132
cdecl, 160
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, 132, 133
except, 182, 184
Exception, 181
Exceptions, 181
    Catching, 181, 182
    Classes, 184
    Handling, 183, 184
    Raising, 181
export, 161
Expression, 142, 143
Expressions, 114
Extended, 27
Extended records, 93
External, 158
external, 51, 158

Fields, 38, 58
File, 42
finally, 183, 184
For, 134, 135
    downto, 134
    in, 135
    to, 134
Forward, 45, 157
Function, 148
Functions, 147
    Assembler, 159, 185
    External, 158
    Forward, 157
    Modifiers, 159
    Overloaded, 156

Generics, 87

Hint directives, 14

Identifiers, 14
If, 133
index, 77, 158
Inherited, 71
inherited, 63, 80
inline, 161
interface, 82
Interfaces, 47, 48, 82
    COM, 85
    CORBA, 85
    Implementations, 84
interrupt, 161
iocheck, 162

Labels, 17
Libraries, 179
library, 179
local, 162

Message, 73
message, 73
Methods, 61, 70
    Abstract, 64
    Class, 72
    Message, 73
    Static, 62
    Virtual, 63, 64, 71
Modifiers, 13, 159, 165
    Alias, 160
    cdecl, 160
    export, 161
    inline, 161
    nostackframe, 162
    overload, 162
    pascal, 163
    public, 163
    register, 164
    safecall, 164
    saveregisters, 165
    softfloat, 165
    stdcall, 165
    varargs, 165
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 161
    iocheck, 162
    local, 162

name, 158
nostackframe, 162
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, 169
    Assignment, 167
    Binary, 169
    Boolean, 123
    Comparison, 170
    Logical, 122
    Relational, 125
    Set, 123
    String, 123
    Unary, 122
operators, 166
otherwise, 132
overload, 162
overloading
    operators, 166
Override, 71
override, 63

Packed, 38, 39, 58, 70
Parameters, 149
    Constant, 149, 152
    Open Array, 153, 154
    Out, 151
    Untypes, 149
    Value, 149
    Var, 77, 149, 150
pascal, 163
PChar, 30, 31
Pointer, 43
Private, 65, 67, 76
    strict, 68
private, 58
Procedural, 45
Procedure, 45, 147
Procedures, 147
program, 172
Properties, 53, 75
    Array, 78
    Indexed, 77
Property, 72, 75
Protected, 65, 68
Public, 65, 68
public, 58, 163
Published, 68, 76
PUnicodeChar, 31

Raise, 181
Read, 76
Real, 27
Record, 38
    Constant, 52
Record helpers, 98
register, 164
reintroduce, 71
Repeat, 142
Reserved words, 12
    Delphi, 13
    Free Pascal, 13
    Modifiers, 13
    Turbo Pascal, 12
Resourcestring, 21

safecall, 164
saveregisters, 165
Scope, 29, 37, 52, 57, 65, 67, 177
    block, 177
    Class, 178
    record, 178
    unit, 178
Self, 61, 72, 74
Set, 42
Shortstring, 28
Single, 27
softfloat, 165
Statements, 128
    Assembler, 145, 185
    Assignment, 128
    Case, 132
    Compound, 131
    Exception, 145
    For, 134, 135
    Goto, 130
    if, 133
    Loop, 134, 135, 142, 143
    Procedure, 129
    Repeat, 142
    Simple, 128
    Structured, 131
    While, 143
    With, 144
stdcall, 165
String, 17
Symbols, 10
Syntax diagrams, 8

Text, 42
then, 133
Thread Variables, 53
Threadvar, 53
Tokens, 10
    Comments, 11
    Identifiers, 14
    Numbers, 15
    Reserved words, 12
    Strings, 17
    Symbols, 10
try, 183, 184
Type, 22
Typecast, 29–31, 118–120
    Unaligned, 120
    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, 173, 178
uses, 172

Var, 50
varargs, 165
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, 143
Widestring, 31
With, 144
Write, 76