[Lazarus] PostMessage return value

Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl.lazarus at telemetry.co.uk
Thu Sep 18 21:44:42 CEST 2014


Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 09/18/2014 12:10 PM, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>> a Set is not an "array of boolean"
> A set is an "array" (scientific English, not Pascal syntax) of bits 
> (i.e. boolean values) supported by special operators.

I suggest calling it a vector (supported by special operators) since 
that sidesteps the question of whether it can be indexed.

/You/ might think that your command of scientific English is good 
enough, but in a public forum where there are plenty of users with less 
experience and poorer English using "array" in this context will cause 
problems.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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