Constant

A constant is a variable that does not change, it has a final value.

Constants are defined in the const section of a Free Pascal program. When a symbol is defined as constant, the Free Pascal compiler can often do some optimizations to make the output code faster or smaller.

Some special Free Pascal constants are:

Logical truth values

• false
• true

data type limits

• nil: empty pointer value
• maxint: largest possible integer value

The mathematical value π is realized as a function in system.pi.

See also

• const
• Constants
• Class constants

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