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13537 :: Strange behavior with inc, dec, succ and pred

• lscrd (orginal) [2025-12-03T15:43:20+01:00] view original

  The following program compiles without error:

  
  var x = 1
  inc x, 'a'        # Same for x = succ(x, 'a')
  echo x
  Run

  This is strange as I expected the second argument of "inc" to be some integer. But the signature of the procedure allows any ordinal. In the tutorial, the second argument is supposed to be an integer, at least for "inc" and "dec" (nothing is said for "succ" and "pred").

  Is this the expected behavior or should the second argument be SomeInteger?

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• Araq (orginal) [2025-12-03T15:55:48+01:00] view original

  Good question. I think it should have been SomeInteger

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• lscrd (orginal) [2025-12-03T16:23:00+01:00] view original

  Thanks! I will create an issue then.

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