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| 1 | + | Back to [[Reserved words]]. | |
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| 3 | + | The **local** modifier is part of Linux programming and has no meaning for Windows. It was introduced for compatibility with Kylix. | |
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| 5 | + | The local modifier allows the compiler to optimize functions/procedures. A local function/procedure cannot be in the interface section of a unit. A local function/procedure can only be in the implementation section of the unit from which it follows that it cannot be exported from a library. | |
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| 7 | + | ``` pascal | |
| 8 | + | procedure subHello(); local; | |
| 9 | + | begin | |
| 10 | + | ... | |
| 11 | + | end; | |
| 12 | + | ``` | |
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| 15 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Local", as it stood on 2020-02-19 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).* |