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| 1 | + | Back to [[Reserved words]]. | |
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| 3 | + | The **external** modifier: | |
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| 5 | + | - belongs to the calling conventions for external subroutines (eg dynamically loaded libraries); | |
| 6 | + | - allows access to an external subroutine. | |
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| 8 | + | Examples: | |
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| 10 | + | ``` pascal | |
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| 12 | + | function funcTest(strTestData : Pchar) : LongWord; cppdecl; external 'Test.dll'; | |
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| 16 | 14 | ``` | |
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| 16 | + | ``` pascal | |
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| 18 | + | function funcTest(strTestData : Pchar) : LongWord; cppdecl; external 'test.dylib'; | |
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| 20 | 20 | ``` | |
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| 22 | 22 | --- | |
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| 23 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "External", as it stood on 2020-02-14 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. 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).* |