This mode is selected by the $MODE TP switch. It tries to emulate, as closely as possible, the
behavior of Turbo Pascal 7. On the command-line, this mode is selected by the -So
switch.
- Enumeration sizes default to a storage size of 1 byte if there are less than 257 elements.
- You cannot use the address operator to assign procedural variables.
- A forward declaration must not be repeated exactly the same by the implementation of
a function/procedure. In particular, you can omit the parameters when implementing
the function or procedure.
- Overloading of functions is not allowed.
- The Objpas unit is NOT loaded.
- Nested comments are not allowed.
- You can not use the cvar type.