using a simple record, e.g.

some_record_type = record
   a, b : longint;
   end;

If I declare a record helper, does this change the record in any way? i.e. does the record take any more space when passed as a function parameter? Does it become somehow like an object, and need to be allocated? Or is the helper more like a language shortcut/convenience, where the compiler still treats the record the same way, and declaring and using the helper is equivalent to declaring and using a function that takes the record as a parameter?

I'm using mode objfpc

Thanks!
~David

I'd like to extend the question to class helpers, i.e., declaring and using the helper is equivalent to declaring and using a function that takes the class instance as a parameter?

Luiz

No. It remains a record.

Or is the helper more like a language shortcut/convenience, where the compiler still treats the record the same way, and declaring and using the helper is equivalent to declaring and using a function that takes the record as a parameter?

Yes, this is correct. It's syntactical sugar. The basic layout of a record is not changed.

Michael.

luiz americo pereira camara wrote

I'd like to extend the question to class helpers, i.e.,  declaring and using the helper is equivalent to declaring and using a function that takes the class instance as a parameter?

Yes, with the proviso that the scoping rules are somewhat different.

Michael.