The address operator @ returns the address of a variable, procedure or function. It is used as follows:
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The @ operator returns a typed pointer if the $T switch is on. If the $T switch is off then the address operator returns an untyped pointer, which is assignment compatible with all pointer types. The type of the pointer is ^T, where T is the type of the variable reference. For example, the following will compile
Changing the {$T-} to {$T+} will prevent the compiler from compiling this. It will give a type mismatch error.
By default, the address operator returns an untyped pointer: applying the address operator to a function, method, or procedure identifier will give a pointer to the entry point of that function. The result is an untyped pointer.
This means that the following will work:
By default, the address operator must be used if a value must be assigned to a procedural type variable. This behavior can be avoided by using the -Mtp or -MDelphi switches, which result in a more compatible Delphi or Turbo Pascal syntax.