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   Jason Burgon to Jim Higgins   
   Re: Getting a real number from the keybo   
   29 May 05 19:50:40   
   
   From: gvision@ntlworld.com   
      
   "Jim Higgins"  wrote in message   
   news:apnj91tg4c897p98coeuu4mb0phivvq6mr@4ax.com...   
   > On Sun, 29 May 2005 01:36:51 GMT, in   
   > , "Jason Burgon"   
   >  wrote:   
      
   > >BP7 and TP7 zero all global VARs, both inside and outside the IDE.   
   >   
   > It may do so based on observation, but the manuals - don't ask me   
   > where right now - state that uninitialized variables are   
   > undefined as to content.   
      
   > Regardless of what BP/TP7 do, the definition of the Pascal language says   
   > uninitialized variables are undefined; i.e., you can't depend on   
   > their contents.   
      
   Quite, but you can in BP7. I was merely stating a fact, and this behavior is   
   hardly the first "deviation from the standard" that Borland have employed.   
      
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