Basic Pascal Tutorial/Chapter 4/Forward Referencing: what changed
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| 4 | + | 4F - Forward Referencing (author: Tao Yue, state: unchanged) | |
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| 6 | + | After all these confusing topics, here's something easy. | |
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| 8 | + | Remember that procedures/functions can only see variables and other subprograms that have already been defined. Well, there is an exception. | |
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| 10 | + | If you have two subprograms, each of which calls the other, you have a dilemma that no matter which you put first, the other still can't be called from the first. | |
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| 12 | + | To resolve this chicken-and-the-egg problem, use _forward referencing_. | |
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| 12 | 14 | procedure Later (parameter list); forward; | |
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| 16 | + | procedure Sooner (parameter list); | |
| 17 | + | begin | |
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| 19 | + | Later (parameter list); | |
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| 22 | + | procedure Later; | |
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| 25 | + | Sooner (parameter list); | |
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| 25 | 27 | ``` | |
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| 29 | + | The same goes for functions. Just stick a forward; at the end of the heading. | |
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| 35 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Basic Pascal Tutorial/Chapter 4/Forward Referencing", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2025-04-01, last changed on 2025-03-02. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* |