Treat typed constants as non-typed constants

User interface > Translation options > Tuning options > Treat typed constants as non-typed constants

The tuning option Treat typed constants as non-typed constants concerns typed constants like

const

  tc : integer = 7;

In Delphi 7 such typed constants were writable like variables. Delphi2Cpp imitates this behavior when the option to treat typed constants as non-typed constants is deactivated. The constant then becomes an extern variable in C++. The definition is written into the header:

extern int tc;

and the implementation is written into the source file:

int tc = 7;

If option to treat typed constants as non-typed constants is activated, the constants of sinmple types are treated as a non-typed constant. (An example of a non-typed constant is: "const c = 7;".) There is only one line as output:

const int tc = 7;

In the more current versions of Delphi typed constants are writable only if the {$J+} directive is set.

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