Index

Abstract, 64
Address, 99
Alias, 131
Ansistring, 29, 31
Array, 34, 125
    Dynamic, 35
    Of const, 125
    Static, 34
array, 48
Asm, 118
Assembler, 118, 130, 158

block, 148
Boolean, 24

Case, 111
cdecl, 132
Char, 27
Class, 66, 72
Classes, 66
COM, 47, 85
Comments, 11
Comp, 27
Const, 20
    String, 20
Constants, 19
    Ordinary, 19
    String, 17, 19, 31
    Typed, 20
Constructor, 60, 70, 97
CORBA, 47, 85
Currency, 27

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

else, 111, 112
except, 154, 156
Exception, 153
Exceptions, 153
    Catching, 153, 154
    Classes, 156
    Handling, 155, 156
    Raising, 153
export, 132
Expression, 115
Expressions, 93
Extended, 27
External, 129
external, 51, 130

Fields, 38, 58
File, 42
finally, 155, 156
For, 113
Forward, 45, 128
Function, 120
Functions, 119
    Assembler, 130, 158
    External, 129
    Forward, 128
    Modifiers, 130
    Overloaded, 128

Generics, 87

Hint directives, 14

Identifiers, 13
If, 112
index, 77, 130
Inherited, 71
inherited, 64, 80
inline, 133
interface, 82
Interfaces, 47, 49, 82
    COM, 85
    CORBA, 85
    Implementations, 84
interrupt, 133

Labels, 16
Libraries, 151
library, 151
local, 133

Message, 73
message, 73
Methods, 61, 70
    Abstract, 64
    Class, 72
    Message, 72
    Static, 62
    Virtual, 63, 64, 71
Modifiers, 13, 130, 137
    Alias, 131
    cdecl, 132
    export, 132
    inline, 133
    nostackframe, 133
    overload, 134
    pascal, 135
    public, 135
    register, 136
    safecall, 136
    saveregisters, 136
    softfloat, 136
    stdcall, 136
    varargs, 137
Mofidiers
    interrupt, 133
    local, 133

name, 130
nostackframe, 133
Numbers, 15
    Binary, 15
    Decimal, 15
    Hexadecimal, 15
    Octal, 15
    Real, 15

object, 57
Objects, 57
Operators, 19, 32, 45, 93, 99, 100
    Arithmetic, 100, 141
    Assignment, 139
    Binary, 141
    Boolean, 101
    Comparison, 142
    Logical, 101
    Relational, 104
    Set, 102
    String, 102
    Unary, 100
operators, 138
otherwise, 111
overload, 134
overloading
    operators, 138
Override, 71
override, 64

Packed, 38, 39, 58, 70
Parameters, 121
    Constant, 121, 124
    Open Array, 125
    Out, 123
    Untypes, 121
    Value, 121
    Var, 77, 121, 122
pascal, 135
PChar, 30, 31
Pointer, 43
Private, 65, 67, 76
private, 58
Procedural, 46
Procedure, 46, 119
Procedures, 119
program, 144
Properties, 53, 75
    Array, 78
    Indexed, 77
Property, 72, 75
Protected, 65, 67
Public, 65, 67
public, 58, 135
Published, 67, 76
PWideChar, 31

Raise, 153
Read, 76
Real, 27
Record, 38
    Constant, 53
register, 136
reintroduce, 71
Repeat, 114
Reserved words, 12
    Delphi, 13
    Free Pascal, 13
    Modifiers, 13
    Turbo Pascal, 12
Resourcestring, 20

safecall, 136
saveregisters, 136
Scope, 29, 37, 52, 57, 65, 67, 149
    block, 149
    Class, 150
    record, 150
    unit, 150
Self, 61, 72, 74
Set, 42
Shortstring, 28
Single, 27
softfloat, 136
Statements, 107
    Assembler, 118, 158
    Assignment, 107
    Case, 111
    Compound, 110
    Exception, 117
    For, 113
    Goto, 109
    if, 112
    Loop, 113–115
    Procedure, 108
    Repeat, 114
    Simple, 107
    Structured, 110
    While, 115
    With, 116
stdcall, 136
String, 17
Symbols, 10
Syntax diagrams, 8

Text, 42
then, 112
Thread Variables, 53
Threadvar, 53
Tokens, 10
    Identifiers, 13
    Numbers, 15
    Reserved words, 12
    Strings, 17
    Symbols, 10, 11
try, 155, 156
Type, 22
Typecast, 29–31, 97–99
    Unaligned, 99
    Value, 97
    Variable, 98
Types, 22
    Ansistring, 29
    Array, 34, 35
    Base, 22
    Boolean, 24
    Char, 27
    Class, 66
    Enumeration, 25
    File, 42
    Forward declaration, 45
    Integer, 23
    Object, 57
    Ordinal, 23
    PChar, 30, 31
    Pointer, 31, 43
    Procedural, 46
    Real, 27
    Record, 38
    Reference counted, 29, 31, 35, 37, 85
    Set, 42
    String, 28
    Structured, 32
    Subrange, 26
    Variant, 47
    Widestring, 31

unit, 145, 150
uses, 144

Var, 50
varargs, 137
Variable, 50
Variables, 50
    Initialized, 20, 52
Variant, 47
Virtual, 60, 63, 71, 73
Visibility, 57, 65, 82
    Private, 57
    Protected, 67
    Public, 57, 67
    Published, 67

While, 115
Widestring, 31
With, 116
Write, 76