Far: what changed
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Title: Far
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| 1 | + | Back to [[Reserved words]]. | |
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| 3 | + | The reserved word **far**: | |
| 4 | + | ||
| 5 | + | - belongs to 16 bit programming (DOS, Windows 3.x); | |
| 6 | + | - allows subroutines to be started in memory areas beyond the 64KB limit; | |
| 7 | + | - allows DLLs to be jumped to in memory areas beyond the 64KB limit; | |
| 8 | + | - became obsolete with 32-bit programming. | |
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Examples: | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ``` pascal | |
| 13 | + | //procedures | |
| 14 | + | procedure subTest; far; | |
| 15 | + | begin | |
| 16 | + | end; | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | function fHandler: boolean; far; | |
| 19 | + | begin | |
| 20 | + | fHandler:= true; | |
| 21 | + | end; | |
| 22 | + | ||
| 23 | + | //types | |
| 24 | + | type | |
| 25 | + | PFarChar = ^char; far; | |
| 26 | + | ||
| 27 | + | //vars | |
| 28 | + | var | |
| 29 | + | prcf: Procedure; far; | |
| 30 | + | ``` | |
| 31 | + | ||
| 32 | + | --- | |
| 33 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Far", as it stood on 2022-10-21 after a change by Alextp, 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).* |