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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: variant record and pointer
Date: 02 May 2003 13:44:46 -0400
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Manu-CSS@gmx.de (Noivet) writes:

> s.side := 10;   <------ and I wondered that the compiler compiled
> successfully!
>                         I expected a conflict, but there isn't.
>                         is there something wrong with my declaration
> of the pointer type? or can someone explain me that?

There is a run-time check.  In general, the compiler can't know the
discriminant of s at compile time.

If you turn on warnings, a good compiler might warn, in some cases.
But in general, you have to run the program and trip over a
Constraint_Error.

- Bob