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far

Synopsis

Description

The far directive can be appended to a procedure or function heading but is ignored by GPC. It is there for Borland compatibility, only. (Since the GNU compilers provide a flat memory model, the distinction between near and far pointers is void.)

Conforming to

far is a Borland Pascal extension.

Example


program FarDemo;

var
  p: procedure;

{$W no-near-far}  { Don't warn about the uselessness of `far' }

procedure Foo; far;  { `far' has no effect in GPC }
begin
  WriteLn ('Foo')
end;

begin
  p := Foo;  { Would also work without `far' in GPC. }
  p
end.

See also

Keywords, near.