RAD Studio (Common)
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To understand which operations can be performed on which expressions, we need to distinguish several kinds of compatibility among types and values. These include:
When one type identifier is declared using another type identifier, without qualification, they denote the same type. Thus, given the declarations
type T1 = Integer; T2 = T1; T3 = Integer; T4 = T2;
T1, T2, T3, T4, and Integer all denote the same type. To create distinct types, repeat the word type in the declaration. For example,
type TMyInteger = type Integer;
creates a new type called TMyInteger which is not identical to Integer.
Language constructions that function as type names denote a different type each time they occur. Thus the declarations
type TS1 = set of Char; TS2 = set of Char;
create two distinct types, TS1 and TS2. Similarly, the variable declarations
var S1: string[10]; S2: string[10];
create two variables of distinct types. To create variables of the same type, use
var S1, S2: string[10];
or
type MyString = string[10]; var S1: MyString; S2: MyString;
Every type is compatible with itself. Two distinct types are compatible if they satisfy at least one of the following conditions.
Assignment-compatibility is not a symmetric relation. An expression of type T2 can be assigned to a variable of type T1 if the value of the expression falls in the range of T1 and at least one of the following conditions is satisfied.
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