Consider this program, which returns False:

program Project1;
uses sysutils;
var
   &begin: boolean;
begin
   &begin:=IsValidIdent('&begin');
   WriteLn('IsValidIdent(''&begin'') evaluates to ', &begin);
end.

Should sysutils.IsValidIdent() be updated to return True in this case?

Howard Page-Clark wrote

var &begin: boolean;

Is that a valid identifier?
Here
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Identifiers
it says:

Rules for identifiers:

* Must begin with a letter from the English alphabet or an underscore (_).
* Can be followed by alphanumeric characters (alphabetic characters and numerals), or the underscore (_).
* May not contain special characters, such as:

~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + ` - = { } [ ] : " ; ' < > ? , . / | \

The identifier is "begin". The & is an operator.
For example:

type
  TMyEnum = (&begin);
var
  e: TMyEnum = &begin;
begin
  writeln(e);
end.

gives "begin".

Mattias

numerals), or the underscore (_).

May not contain special characters, such as: ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + ` - = { } [ ] : " ; ' < > ? , . / | \

http://freepascal.org/docs-html/current/ref/refse4.html#x16-150001.4

Regards,
Sven

Strange!
Why was it added to use reserved words as an identifier? What is the use of that?
It seems http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Identifiers needs an update too.

For example:

If you import a SOAP webservice or REST API, often reserved words are used in the names of arguments or properties.
This trick allows to use them as-is in the pascal proxy classes.

Michael.