Hi felow pascaloids,

I know I'm out the discussion, but I don't understand why Pascal should include stuff from other languages that doesn't fit the "spirit" of Pascal, as readability (and no, "++" isn't more readable). I mean, if you like a structure, syntax or behavior from C, then use C. I do it sometimes; for example when I should do something low-level I feel myself more comfortable using C than Pascal. Of course, the language should evolve, and it did with Objects and Classes, and later with Generics and For-In loops (I don't like this latest addition but only because I had a lot of bad experiences when I programmed in C++) but I think FPC cannot admit anything just because another language has it.

These are my two cents.

Regards
Guillermo "Ñuño" Martínez.

Somehow relevant, has someone thought of turning Inc()/Dec() into functions that return the modified value -like the Interlocked ones? I think this would cover some of the cases discussed in a more "pascalish" notation.Also, Include()/Exclude() could similarly be turned into functions.