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| 1 | + | Back to [[Reserved words]]. | |
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| 4 | + | The **external** modifier: | |
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| 6 | + | * belongs to the calling conventions for external subroutines (eg dynamically loaded libraries); | |
| 7 | + | * allows access to an external subroutine. | |
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| 10 | + | Examples: | |
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| 13 | + | function funcTest(strTestData : Pchar) : LongWord; cppdecl; external 'Test.dll'; | |
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| 20 | 15 | ``` | |
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| 18 | + | function funcTest(strTestData : Pchar) : LongWord; cppdecl; external 'test.dylib'; | |
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| 20 | + | ``` | |
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| 23 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "External", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2024-03-04. 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).* |