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.