::
> :: procedure test ( par: Integer );
> :: const
> ::  v1: Integer = 0;  { it's a static variable }
>
> Surely that goes against what a const is, in that a constant is a
> contract between the coder and the compiler that that value will NEVER
> alter?
>
> I'm off to rediscover my Pascal tutorial books, see what they say.

I don't know about 'standard' pascal (if there is such a thing), but in 
Turbo Pascal (and apparently Free Pascal)  there are two types of 'const':


const a = 10;                    { a real constant }
const a : Integer = 10;       { really an initialized static variable }

-- Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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