Hello Gary!
Wednesday October 16 1996, Gary Weinfurther writes to Ka'rlis Gobleja:
 KG>> This shouldn't work because:
 KG>> 1. You can't modify value of constants.
 GW> Actually, you can.  When you specify the explicit type of a constant it 
is
 GW> called a "typed constant" and is treated like a global variable with 
local
 GW> scope.  It can be changed during the duration of the program.
You force me to read my Delphi 2.0 help and I found a very interesting topic 
about "typed constants". There follows the essence of it:
Note.   The $J compiler directive allows the declaration of typed constants 
that can be modified. Typed constants declared in the default {$J-} state are 
read-only and cannot be modified. For backwards compatibility with previous 
versions of Delphi and Borland Pascal, typed constants declared in the {$J+} 
state can be modified, and are in essence initialized variables. For new 
applications, use of the {$J+} state is not recommended.
So, we both right.
Charles
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