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| 1 | + | Back to [[Reserved words]]. | |
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| 3 | + | The modifier **public**: | |
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| 5 | + | - is part of the programming of subroutines; | |
| 6 | + | - makes a subroutine public within the unit; | |
| 7 | + | - makes sense if the subroutine is not used outside the unit. | |
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| 9 | + | As long as the subroutine has not been declared in the interface section of the unit, it is not visible to other units.\ | |
| 10 | + | However, it will be possible to access the function subTest at the assembly-language level, by using its mangled name. | |
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| 12 | + | ``` pascal | |
| 13 | + | function subTest : string; Public; | |
| 14 | + | begin | |
| 15 | + | subTest := 'abc'; | |
| 16 | + | end; | |
| 17 | + | ``` | |
| 18 | + | ||
| 19 | + | In the old syntax, the modifier `Public` was surrounded by square brackets: **\[Public\]**, but the upcoming atrributes syntax uses square brackets as well, so better not to use them for this modifier.\ | |
| 20 | + | \ | |
| 21 | + | The public modifier can also be followed by a name directive to specify the assembler name, as follows: | |
| 22 | + | ||
| 23 | + | ``` pascal | |
| 24 | + | function subTest : string; Public name 'subtest'; | |
| 25 | + | begin | |
| 26 | + | subTest := 'abc'; | |
| 27 | + | end; | |
| 28 | + | ``` | |
| 29 | + | ||
| 30 | + | The assembler symbol as specified by the ’public name’ directive will be ’subtest’, in all lowercase letters. | |
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| 32 | + | --- | |
| 33 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Public", as it stood on 2022-08-06 after a change by Kai Burghardt, 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).* |