Near

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The reserved word near:

• belongs to 16 bit programming (DOS, Windows 3.x);
• allows subroutines in memory areas to be started only within the 64KB limit;
• allows DLLs in memory areas to be accessed only within the 64KB limit;
• became obsolete with 32-bit programming.

Example:

  ...
  procedure subTest; near;
  ...

From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Near", 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.