Initialized record fields_(re)

Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:15:03 +0100 (BST)

Hello, Peter Gerwinski! You wrote:

[...]
> True.  I agree that initalized record fields would be nice.
> (What does The Standard say about this, BTW?)
> 
> However you can initialize the whole record, like type constants in BP ...
> testing it ... uh - sorry, it does not work in fact!  :-(
> 
> The following should work:
> 
>    Var
>      R: record
>        foo: Integer;
>        bar: Char;
>      end (* R *) value ( foo: 42; bar: 'G' );
> 
> or, alternatively
> 
>    Var
>      R: record
>        foo: Integer;
>        bar: Char;
>      end (* R *) value ( 42, 'G' );
> 
> Thanks for the bug report!

No sweat! However, this would not do the job, if I am to be able to
translate some of the cygwin32 structures. I *need* to be able to do
something like;

Type r = record
     foo : integer value 24;
     bar : char value 'B';
end;

- there are several cygwin structures that need this :-(

Warmest regards,
The Chief
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Keele University, England   (Email: laa12@cc.keele.ac.uk)
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