summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/compiler/pdecvar.pas
blob: 608b0ca70103b3a8ecafdcb8d4ebfda425d0170c (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031
1032
1033
1034
1035
1036
1037
1038
1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063
1064
1065
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
1101
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
1146
1147
1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171
1172
1173
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183
1184
1185
1186
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218
1219
1220
1221
1222
1223
1224
1225
1226
1227
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237
1238
1239
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254
1255
1256
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264
1265
1266
1267
1268
1269
1270
1271
1272
1273
1274
1275
1276
1277
1278
1279
1280
1281
1282
1283
1284
1285
1286
1287
1288
1289
1290
1291
1292
1293
1294
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305
1306
1307
1308
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352
1353
1354
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361
1362
1363
1364
1365
1366
1367
1368
1369
1370
1371
1372
1373
1374
1375
1376
1377
1378
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384
1385
1386
1387
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396
1397
1398
1399
1400
1401
1402
1403
1404
1405
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410
1411
1412
1413
1414
1415
1416
1417
1418
1419
1420
1421
1422
1423
1424
1425
1426
1427
1428
1429
1430
1431
1432
1433
1434
1435
1436
1437
1438
1439
1440
1441
1442
1443
1444
1445
1446
1447
1448
1449
1450
1451
1452
1453
1454
1455
1456
1457
1458
1459
1460
1461
1462
1463
1464
1465
1466
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
1475
1476
1477
1478
1479
1480
1481
1482
1483
1484
1485
1486
1487
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494
1495
1496
1497
1498
1499
1500
1501
1502
1503
1504
1505
1506
1507
1508
1509
1510
1511
1512
1513
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518
1519
1520
1521
1522
1523
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531
1532
1533
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
1572
1573
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578
1579
1580
1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1589
1590
1591
1592
1593
1594
1595
1596
1597
1598
1599
1600
1601
1602
1603
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610
1611
1612
1613
1614
1615
1616
1617
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1640
1641
1642
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
1648
1649
1650
1651
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
1678
1679
1680
1681
1682
1683
1684
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
{
    Copyright (c) 1998-2002 by Florian Klaempfl

    Parses variable declarations. Used for var statement and record
    definitions

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

 ****************************************************************************
}
unit pdecvar;

{$i fpcdefs.inc}

interface

    uses
      cclasses,
      symtable,symsym,symdef,symtype;

    type
      tvar_dec_option=(vd_record,vd_object,vd_threadvar,vd_class,vd_final,vd_canreorder,vd_check_generic);
      tvar_dec_options=set of tvar_dec_option;

    function  read_property_dec(is_classproperty:boolean;astruct:tabstractrecorddef):tpropertysym;

    procedure read_var_decls(options:Tvar_dec_options;out had_generic:boolean);

    procedure read_record_fields(options:Tvar_dec_options; reorderlist: TFPObjectList; variantdesc: ppvariantrecdesc;out had_generic:boolean);

    procedure read_public_and_external(vs: tabstractvarsym);

    procedure try_consume_sectiondirective(var asection: ansistring);

    function check_allowed_for_var_or_const(def:tdef;allowdynarray:boolean):boolean;

implementation

    uses
       SysUtils,
       { common }
       cutils,
       { global }
       globtype,globals,tokens,verbose,constexp,
       systems,
       { symtable }
       symconst,symbase,defutil,defcmp,symutil,symcreat,
{$if defined(i386) or defined(i8086)}
       symcpu,
{$endif}
       fmodule,htypechk,
       { pass 1 }
       node,pass_1,aasmbase,aasmdata,
       ncon,nset,ncnv,nld,nutils,
       { codegen }
       ngenutil,
       { parser }
       scanner,
       pbase,pexpr,ptype,ptconst,pdecsub,pparautl;


    function read_property_dec(is_classproperty:boolean;astruct:tabstractrecorddef):tpropertysym;

        { convert a node tree to symlist and return the last
          symbol }
        function parse_symlist(pl:tpropaccesslist;out def:tdef):boolean;
          var
            idx : longint;
            sym : tsym;
            srsymtable : TSymtable;
            st  : TSymtable;
            p   : tnode;
          begin
            result:=true;
            def:=nil;
            if token=_ID then
             begin
               if assigned(astruct) then
                 sym:=search_struct_member(astruct,pattern)
               else
                 searchsym(pattern,sym,srsymtable);
               if assigned(sym) then
                begin
                  if assigned(astruct) and
                     not is_visible_for_object(sym,astruct) then
                    Message(parser_e_cant_access_private_member);
                  case sym.typ of
                    fieldvarsym :
                      begin
                        addsymref(sym);
                        pl.addsym(sl_load,sym);
                        def:=tfieldvarsym(sym).vardef;
                      end;
                    procsym :
                      begin
                        addsymref(sym);
                        pl.addsym(sl_call,sym);
                      end;
                    else
                      begin
                        Message1(parser_e_illegal_field_or_method,orgpattern);
                        def:=generrordef;
                        result:=false;
                      end;
                  end;
                end
               else
                begin
                  Message1(parser_e_illegal_field_or_method,orgpattern);
                  def:=generrordef;
                  result:=false;
                end;
               consume(_ID);
               repeat
                 case token of
                   _ID,
                   _SEMICOLON :
                     begin
                       break;
                     end;
                   _POINT :
                     begin
                       if not is_object(def) and not is_record(def) then
                         message(sym_e_type_must_be_rec_or_object);
                       consume(_POINT);
                       if assigned(def) then
                        begin
                          st:=def.GetSymtable(gs_record);
                          if assigned(st) then
                           begin
                             sym:=tsym(st.Find(pattern));
                             if not(assigned(sym)) and is_object(def) then
                               sym:=search_struct_member(tobjectdef(def),pattern);
                             if assigned(sym) then
                              begin
                                pl.addsym(sl_subscript,sym);
                                case sym.typ of
                                  fieldvarsym :
                                    def:=tfieldvarsym(sym).vardef;
                                  else
                                    begin
                                      Message1(sym_e_illegal_field,orgpattern);
                                      result:=false;
                                    end;
                                end;
                              end
                             else
                              begin
                                Message1(sym_e_illegal_field,orgpattern);
                                result:=false;
                              end;
                           end
                          else
                           begin
                             Message(parser_e_invalid_qualifier);
                             result:=false;
                           end;
                        end
                       else
                        begin
                          Message(parser_e_invalid_qualifier);
                          result:=false;
                        end;
                       consume(_ID);
                     end;
                   _LECKKLAMMER :
                     begin
                       consume(_LECKKLAMMER);
                       repeat
                         if assigned(def) and (def.typ=arraydef) then
                          begin
                            idx:=0;
                            p:=comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]);
                            if (not codegenerror) then
                             begin
                               if (p.nodetype=ordconstn) then
                                 begin
                                   { type/range checking }
                                   inserttypeconv(p,tarraydef(def).rangedef);
                                   if (Tordconstnode(p).value<int64(low(longint))) or
                                      (Tordconstnode(p).value>int64(high(longint))) then
                                     message(parser_e_array_range_out_of_bounds)
                                   else
                                     idx:=Tordconstnode(p).value.svalue
                                 end
                               else
                                Message(type_e_ordinal_expr_expected)
                             end;
                            pl.addconst(sl_vec,idx,p.resultdef);
                            p.free;
                            def:=tarraydef(def).elementdef;
                          end
                         else
                          begin
                            Message(parser_e_invalid_qualifier);
                            result:=false;
                          end;
                       until not try_to_consume(_COMMA);
                       consume(_RECKKLAMMER);
                     end;
                   else
                     begin
                       Message(parser_e_ill_property_access_sym);
                       result:=false;
                       break;
                     end;
                 end;
               until false;
             end
            else
             begin
               Message(parser_e_ill_property_access_sym);
               result:=false;
             end;
          end;

          function has_implicit_default(p : tpropertysym) : boolean;

          begin
             has_implicit_default:=
               (is_string(p.propdef) or
               is_real(p.propdef) or
               is_pointer(p.propdef));
          end;

          function allow_default_property(p : tpropertysym) : boolean;

          begin
             allow_default_property:=
               (is_ordinal(p.propdef) or
{$ifndef cpu64bitaddr}
               is_64bitint(p.propdef) or
{$endif cpu64bitaddr}
               is_class(p.propdef) or
               is_single(p.propdef) or
               (p.propdef.typ in [classrefdef,pointerdef]) or
                 is_smallset(p.propdef)
               ) and not
               (
                (p.propdef.typ=arraydef) and
                (ppo_indexed in p.propoptions)
               ) and not
               (ppo_hasparameters in p.propoptions);
          end;

          procedure create_accessor_procsym(p: tpropertysym; pd: tprocdef; const prefix: string;
              accesstype: tpropaccesslisttypes);
            var
              sym: tprocsym;
            begin
              handle_calling_convention(pd,hcc_default_actions_intf);
              sym:=cprocsym.create(prefix+lower(p.realname));
              symtablestack.top.insert(sym);
              pd.procsym:=sym;
              include(pd.procoptions,po_dispid);
              include(pd.procoptions,po_global);
              pd.visibility:=vis_private;
              proc_add_definition(pd);
              p.propaccesslist[accesstype].addsym(sl_call,sym);
              p.propaccesslist[accesstype].procdef:=pd;
            end;

          procedure parse_dispinterface(p : tpropertysym; readpd,writepd: tprocdef;
              var paranr: word);
            var
              hasread, haswrite: boolean;
              pt: tnode;
              hdispid: longint;
              hparavs: tparavarsym;
            begin
              p.propaccesslist[palt_read].clear;
              p.propaccesslist[palt_write].clear;

              hasread:=true;
              haswrite:=true;
              hdispid:=0;

              if try_to_consume(_READONLY) then
                haswrite:=false
              else if try_to_consume(_WRITEONLY) then
                hasread:=false;

              if try_to_consume(_DISPID) then
                begin
                  pt:=comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]);
                  if is_constintnode(pt) then
                    if (Tordconstnode(pt).value<int64(low(longint))) or (Tordconstnode(pt).value>int64(high(longint))) then
                      message3(type_e_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(Tordconstnode(pt).value),tostr(low(longint)),tostr(high(longint)))
                    else
                      hdispid:=Tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue
                  else
                    Message(parser_e_dispid_must_be_ord_const);
                  pt.free;
                end
              else
                hdispid:=tobjectdef(astruct).get_next_dispid;

              { COM property is simply a pair of methods, tagged with 'propertyget'
                and 'propertyset' flags (or a single method if access is restricted).
                Creating these implicit accessor methods also allows the rest of compiler
                to handle dispinterface properties the same way as regular ones. }
              if hasread then
                begin
                  readpd.returndef:=p.propdef;
                  readpd.dispid:=hdispid;
                  readpd.proctypeoption:=potype_propgetter;
                  create_accessor_procsym(p,readpd,'get$',palt_read);
                end;
              if haswrite then
                begin
                  { add an extra parameter, a placeholder of the value to set }
                  inc(paranr);
                  hparavs:=cparavarsym.create('$value',10*paranr,vs_value,p.propdef,[]);
                  writepd.parast.insert(hparavs);

                  writepd.proctypeoption:=potype_propsetter;
                  writepd.dispid:=hdispid;
                  create_accessor_procsym(p,writepd,'put$',palt_write);
                end;
            end;

      var
         sym : tsym;
         srsymtable: tsymtable;
         p : tpropertysym;
         overridden : tsym;
         varspez : tvarspez;
         hdef : tdef;
         arraytype : tdef;
         def : tdef;
         pt : tnode;
         sc : TFPObjectList;
         paranr : word;
         i      : longint;
         ImplIntf     : TImplementedInterface;
         found,
         gotreadorwrite: boolean;
         hreadparavs,
         hparavs      : tparavarsym;
         storedprocdef: tprocvardef;
         readprocdef,
         writeprocdef : tprocdef;
      begin
         result:=nil;
         { Generate temp procdefs to search for matching read/write
           procedures. the readprocdef will store all definitions }
         paranr:=0;
         readprocdef:=cprocdef.create(normal_function_level,true);
         writeprocdef:=cprocdef.create(normal_function_level,true);

         readprocdef.struct:=astruct;
         writeprocdef.struct:=astruct;

         if assigned(astruct) and is_classproperty then
           begin
             readprocdef.procoptions:=[po_staticmethod,po_classmethod];
             writeprocdef.procoptions:=[po_staticmethod,po_classmethod];
           end;

         if token<>_ID then
           begin
              consume(_ID);
              consume(_SEMICOLON);
              exit;
           end;
         { Generate propertysym and insert in symtablestack }
         p:=cpropertysym.create(orgpattern);
         p.visibility:=symtablestack.top.currentvisibility;
         p.default:=longint($80000000);
         if is_classproperty then
           include(p.symoptions, sp_static);
         symtablestack.top.insert(p);
         consume(_ID);
         { property parameters ? }
         if try_to_consume(_LECKKLAMMER) then
           begin
              if (p.visibility=vis_published) and
                not (m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches) then
                Message(parser_e_cant_publish_that_property);
              { create a list of the parameters }
              p.parast:=tparasymtable.create(nil,0);
              symtablestack.push(p.parast);
              sc:=TFPObjectList.create(false);
              repeat
                if try_to_consume(_VAR) then
                  varspez:=vs_var
                else if try_to_consume(_CONST) then
                  varspez:=vs_const
                else if try_to_consume(_CONSTREF) then
                  varspez:=vs_constref
                else if (m_out in current_settings.modeswitches) and try_to_consume(_OUT) then
                  varspez:=vs_out
                else
                  varspez:=vs_value;
                sc.clear;
                repeat
                  inc(paranr);
                  hreadparavs:=cparavarsym.create(orgpattern,10*paranr,varspez,generrordef,[]);
                  p.parast.insert(hreadparavs);
                  sc.add(hreadparavs);
                  consume(_ID);
                until not try_to_consume(_COMMA);
                if try_to_consume(_COLON) then
                  begin
                    if try_to_consume(_ARRAY) then
                      begin
                        consume(_OF);
                        { define range and type of range }
                        hdef:=carraydef.create_openarray;
                        hdef.owner:=astruct.symtable;
                        { define field type }
                        single_type(arraytype,[]);
                        tarraydef(hdef).elementdef:=arraytype;
                      end
                    else
                      single_type(hdef,[]);
                  end
                else
                  hdef:=cformaltype;
                for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
                  tparavarsym(sc[i]).vardef:=hdef;
              until not try_to_consume(_SEMICOLON);
              sc.free;
              symtablestack.pop(p.parast);
              consume(_RECKKLAMMER);

              { the parser need to know if a property has parameters, the
                index parameter doesn't count (PFV) }
              if paranr>0 then
                begin
                  p.add_accessor_parameters(readprocdef,writeprocdef);
                  include(p.propoptions,ppo_hasparameters);
                end;
           end;
         { overridden property ?                                 }
         { force property interface
             there is a property parameter
             a global property }
         if (token=_COLON) or (paranr>0) or (astruct=nil) then
           begin
              consume(_COLON);
              single_type(p.propdef,[stoAllowSpecialization]);

              if is_dispinterface(astruct) and not is_automatable(p.propdef) then
                Message1(type_e_not_automatable,p.propdef.typename);

              if (idtoken=_INDEX) then
                begin
                   consume(_INDEX);
                   pt:=comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]);
                   { Only allow enum and integer indexes. Convert all integer
                     values to objpas.integer (s32int on 32- and 64-bit targets,
                     s16int on 16- and 8-bit) to be compatible with delphi,
                     because the procedure matching requires equal parameters }
                   if is_constnode(pt) and
                      is_ordinal(pt.resultdef)
                      and (not is_64bitint(pt.resultdef))
{$if defined(cpu8bitalu) or defined(cpu16bitalu)}
                      and (not is_32bitint(pt.resultdef))
{$endif}
                      then
                     begin
                       if is_integer(pt.resultdef) then
{$if defined(cpu8bitalu) or defined(cpu16bitalu)}
                         inserttypeconv_internal(pt,s16inttype);
{$else}
                         inserttypeconv_internal(pt,s32inttype);
{$endif}
                       p.index:=tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue;
                     end
                   else
                     begin
                       Message(parser_e_invalid_property_index_value);
                       p.index:=0;
                     end;
                   p.indexdef:=pt.resultdef;
                   include(p.propoptions,ppo_indexed);
                   { concat a longint to the para templates }
                   p.add_index_parameter(paranr,readprocdef,writeprocdef);
                   pt.free;
                end;
           end
         else
           begin
              { do an property override }
              if (astruct.typ=objectdef) and assigned(tobjectdef(astruct).childof) then
                overridden:=search_struct_member(tobjectdef(astruct).childof,p.name)
              else
                overridden:=nil;
              if assigned(overridden) and
                 (overridden.typ=propertysym) and
                 not(is_dispinterface(astruct)) then
                begin
                  tpropertysym(overridden).makeduplicate(p,readprocdef,writeprocdef,paranr);
                  p.register_override(tpropertysym(overridden));
                end
              else
                begin
                  p.propdef:=generrordef;
                  message(parser_e_no_property_found_to_override);
                end;
           end;
         { ignore is_publishable for interfaces (related to $M+ directive).
           $M has effect on visibility of default section for classes. 
           Interface has always only public section (fix for problem in tb0631.pp) }
         if ((p.visibility=vis_published) or is_dispinterface(astruct)) and
            ((not(p.propdef.is_publishable) and not is_interface(astruct)) or
             (sp_static in p.symoptions)) then
           begin
             Message(parser_e_cant_publish_that_property);
             p.visibility:=vis_public;
           end;

         if not(is_dispinterface(astruct)) then
           begin
             gotreadorwrite:=false;
             { parse accessors }
             if try_to_consume(_READ) then
               begin
                 gotreadorwrite:=true;
                 p.propaccesslist[palt_read].clear;
                 if parse_symlist(p.propaccesslist[palt_read],def) then
                  begin
                    sym:=p.propaccesslist[palt_read].firstsym^.sym;
                    { getter is a function returning the type of the property }
                    if sym.typ=procsym then
                      begin
                        readprocdef.returndef:=p.propdef;
                        { Insert hidden parameters }
                        handle_calling_convention(readprocdef,hcc_default_actions_intf);
                      end;
                    p.add_getter_or_setter_for_sym(palt_read,sym,def,readprocdef);
                  end;
               end
             else
               p.inherit_accessor(palt_read);
             if try_to_consume(_WRITE) then
               begin
                 gotreadorwrite:=true;
                 p.propaccesslist[palt_write].clear;
                 if parse_symlist(p.propaccesslist[palt_write],def) then
                  begin
                    sym:=p.propaccesslist[palt_write].firstsym^.sym;
                    if sym.typ=procsym then
                      begin
                        { settter is a procedure with an extra value parameter
                          of the of the property }
                        writeprocdef.returndef:=voidtype;
                        inc(paranr);
                        hparavs:=cparavarsym.create('$value',10*paranr,vs_value,p.propdef,[]);
                        writeprocdef.parast.insert(hparavs);
                        { Insert hidden parameters }
                        handle_calling_convention(writeprocdef,hcc_default_actions_intf);
                      end;
                    p.add_getter_or_setter_for_sym(palt_write,sym,def,writeprocdef);
                  end;
               end
             else
               p.inherit_accessor(palt_write);
             { a new property (needs to declare a getter or setter, except in
               an interface }
             if not(ppo_overrides in p.propoptions) and
                not is_interface(astruct) and
                not gotreadorwrite then
               Consume(_READ);
           end
         else
           parse_dispinterface(p,readprocdef,writeprocdef,paranr);

         { stored is not allowed for dispinterfaces, records or class properties }
         if assigned(astruct) and not(is_dispinterface(astruct) or is_record(astruct)) and not is_classproperty then
           begin
             { ppo_stored is default on for not overridden properties }
             if not assigned(p.overriddenpropsym) then
               include(p.propoptions,ppo_stored);
             if try_to_consume(_STORED) then
              begin
                include(p.propoptions,ppo_stored);
                p.propaccesslist[palt_stored].clear;
                if token=_ID then
                  begin
                    { in the case that idtoken=_DEFAULT }
                    { we have to do nothing except      }
                    { setting ppo_stored, it's the same }
                    { as stored true                    }
                    if idtoken<>_DEFAULT then
                     begin
                       { parse_symlist cannot deal with constsyms, and
                         we also don't want to put constsyms in symlists
                         since they have to be evaluated immediately rather
                         than each time the property is accessed

                         The proper fix would be to always create a parse tree
                         and then convert that one, if appropriate, to a symlist.
                         Currently, we e.g. don't support any constant expressions
                         yet either here, while Delphi does.

                       }
                       { make sure we don't let constants mask class fields/
                         methods
                       }
                       sym:=nil;
                       if (not assigned(astruct) or
                           (search_struct_member(astruct,pattern)=nil)) and
                          searchsym(pattern,sym,srsymtable) and
                          (sym.typ = constsym) then
                         begin
                            addsymref(sym);
                            if not is_boolean(tconstsym(sym).constdef) then
                              Message(parser_e_stored_property_must_be_boolean)
                            else if (tconstsym(sym).value.valueord=0) then
                              { same as for _FALSE }
                              exclude(p.propoptions,ppo_stored)
                            else
                              begin
                                { same as for _TRUE }
                                { do nothing - ppo_stored is already set to p.propoptions in "include(p.propoptions,ppo_stored);" above }
                                { especially do not reset the default value - the stored specifier is independent on the default value! }
                              end;
                            consume(_ID);
                          end
                       else if parse_symlist(p.propaccesslist[palt_stored],def) then
                        begin
                          sym:=p.propaccesslist[palt_stored].firstsym^.sym;
                          case sym.typ of
                            procsym :
                              begin
                                 { Create a temporary procvardef to handle parameters }
                                 storedprocdef:=cprocvardef.create(normal_function_level);
                                 include(storedprocdef.procoptions,po_methodpointer);
                                 { Return type must be boolean }
                                 storedprocdef.returndef:=pasbool1type;
                                 { Add index parameter if needed }
                                 if ppo_indexed in p.propoptions then
                                   begin
                                     hparavs:=cparavarsym.create('$index',10,vs_value,p.indexdef,[]);
                                     storedprocdef.parast.insert(hparavs);
                                   end;

                                 { Insert hidden parameters }
                                 handle_calling_convention(storedprocdef,hcc_default_actions_intf);
                                 p.propaccesslist[palt_stored].procdef:=Tprocsym(sym).Find_procdef_bypara(storedprocdef.paras,storedprocdef.returndef,[cpo_allowdefaults,cpo_ignorehidden]);
                                 if not assigned(p.propaccesslist[palt_stored].procdef) then
                                   message(parser_e_ill_property_storage_sym);
                                 { Not needed anymore }
                                 storedprocdef.owner.deletedef(storedprocdef);
                              end;
                            fieldvarsym :
                              begin
                                if not assigned(def) then
                                  internalerror(200310073);
                                if (ppo_hasparameters in p.propoptions) or
                                   not(is_boolean(def)) then
                                 Message(parser_e_stored_property_must_be_boolean);
                              end;
                            else
                              Message(parser_e_ill_property_access_sym);
                          end;
                        end;
                     end;
                  end;
              end;
           end;
         if has_implicit_default(p) and not assigned(p.overriddenpropsym) then
           begin
              p.default:=0;
           end;
         if not is_record(astruct) and try_to_consume(_DEFAULT) then
           begin
              if not allow_default_property(p) then
                begin
                  Message(parser_e_property_cant_have_a_default_value);
                  { Error recovery }
                  pt:=comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]);
                  pt.free;
                end
              else
                begin
                  { Get the result of the default, the firstpass is
                    needed to support values like -1 }
                  pt:=comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]);
                  if (p.propdef.typ=setdef) and
                     (pt.nodetype=arrayconstructorn) then
                    begin
                      arrayconstructor_to_set(pt);
                      do_typecheckpass(pt);
                    end;
                  inserttypeconv(pt,p.propdef);
                  if not(is_constnode(pt)) then
                    Message(parser_e_property_default_value_must_const);
                  { Set default value }
                  case pt.nodetype of
                    setconstn :
                      p.default:=plongint(tsetconstnode(pt).value_set)^;
                    ordconstn :
                      if (Tordconstnode(pt).value<int64(low(longint))) or
                         (Tordconstnode(pt).value>int64(high(cardinal))) then
                        message3(type_e_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(Tordconstnode(pt).value),tostr(low(longint)),tostr(high(cardinal)))
                      else
                        p.default:=longint(tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue);
                    niln :
                      p.default:=0;
                    realconstn:
                      p.default:=longint(single(trealconstnode(pt).value_real));
                  end;
                  pt.free;
                end;
           end
         else if not is_record(astruct) and try_to_consume(_NODEFAULT) then
           begin
              p.default:=longint($80000000);
           end;
(*
         else {if allow_default_property(p) then
           begin
              p.default:=longint($80000000);
           end;
*)
         { Parse possible "implements" keyword }
         if not is_record(astruct) and try_to_consume(_IMPLEMENTS) then
           repeat
             single_type(def,[]);

             if not(is_interface(def)) then
               message(parser_e_class_implements_must_be_interface);

             if is_interface(p.propdef) then
               begin
                 { an interface type may delegate itself or one of its ancestors }
                 if not def_is_related(p.propdef,def) then
                   begin
                     message2(parser_e_implements_must_have_correct_type,def.typename,p.propdef.typename);
                     exit;
                   end;
               end
             else if is_class(p.propdef) then
               begin
                 ImplIntf:=find_implemented_interface(tobjectdef(p.propdef),tobjectdef(def));
                 if assigned(ImplIntf) then
                   begin
                     if compare_defs(ImplIntf.IntfDef,def,nothingn)<te_equal then
                       begin
                         message2(parser_e_implements_must_have_correct_type,ImplIntf.IntfDef.typename,def.typename);
                         exit;
                       end;
                   end
                 else
                   begin
                     message2(parser_e_class_doesnt_implement_interface,p.propdef.typename,def.typename);
                     exit;
                   end;
               end
             else
               begin
                 message(parser_e_implements_must_be_class_or_interface);
                 exit;
               end;


             if not assigned(p.propaccesslist[palt_read].firstsym) then
               begin
                 message(parser_e_implements_must_read_specifier);
                 exit;
               end;
             if assigned(p.propaccesslist[palt_read].procdef) and
                (tprocdef(p.propaccesslist[palt_read].procdef).proccalloption<>pocall_default) then
               message(parser_e_implements_getter_not_default_cc);
             if assigned(p.propaccesslist[palt_write].firstsym) then
               begin
                 message(parser_e_implements_must_not_have_write_specifier);
                 exit;
               end;
             if assigned(p.propaccesslist[palt_stored].firstsym) then
               begin
                 message(parser_e_implements_must_not_have_stored_specifier);
                 exit;
               end;
             found:=false;
             ImplIntf:=nil;
             for i:=0 to tobjectdef(astruct).ImplementedInterfaces.Count-1 do
               begin
                 ImplIntf:=TImplementedInterface(tobjectdef(astruct).ImplementedInterfaces[i]);

                 if compare_defs(def,ImplIntf.IntfDef,nothingn)>=te_equal then
                   begin
                     found:=true;
                     break;
                   end;
               end;
             if found then
               begin
                 { An interface may not be delegated by more than one property,
                   it also may not have method mappings. }
                 if Assigned(ImplIntf.ImplementsGetter) then
                   message1(parser_e_duplicate_implements_clause,ImplIntf.IntfDef.typename);
                 if Assigned(ImplIntf.NameMappings) then
                   message2(parser_e_mapping_no_implements,ImplIntf.IntfDef.typename,astruct.objrealname^);

                 ImplIntf.ImplementsGetter:=p;
                 ImplIntf.VtblImplIntf:=ImplIntf;
                 case p.propaccesslist[palt_read].firstsym^.sym.typ of
                   procsym :
                     begin
                       if (po_virtualmethod in tprocdef(p.propaccesslist[palt_read].procdef).procoptions) and
                           not is_objectpascal_helper(tprocdef(p.propaccesslist[palt_read].procdef).struct) then
                         ImplIntf.IType:=etVirtualMethodResult
                       else
                         ImplIntf.IType:=etStaticMethodResult;
                     end;
                   fieldvarsym :
                     begin
                       ImplIntf.IType:=etFieldValue;
                       { this must be done in a more robust way. Can't read the
                         fieldvarsym's fieldoffset yet, because it may not yet
                         be set }
                       ImplIntf.ImplementsField:=p.propaccesslist[palt_read].firstsym^.sym;
                     end
                   else
                     internalerror(200802161);
                 end;
                 if not is_interface(p.propdef) then
                   case ImplIntf.IType of
                     etVirtualMethodResult: ImplIntf.IType := etVirtualMethodClass;
                     etStaticMethodResult:  ImplIntf.IType := etStaticMethodClass;
                     etFieldValue:          ImplIntf.IType := etFieldValueClass;
                   else
                     internalerror(200912101);
                   end;
               end
             else
               message1(parser_e_implements_uses_non_implemented_interface,def.typename);
           until not try_to_consume(_COMMA);

         { remove unneeded procdefs }
         if readprocdef.proctypeoption<>potype_propgetter then
           readprocdef.owner.deletedef(readprocdef);
         if writeprocdef.proctypeoption<>potype_propsetter then
           writeprocdef.owner.deletedef(writeprocdef);

         result:=p;
      end;


     function maybe_parse_proc_directives(def:tdef):boolean;
       var
         newtype : ttypesym;
       begin
         result:=false;
         { Process procvar directives before = and ; }
         if (def.typ=procvardef) and
            (def.typesym=nil) and
            check_proc_directive(true) then
           begin
              newtype:=ctypesym.create('unnamed',def);
              parse_var_proc_directives(tsym(newtype));
              newtype.typedef:=nil;
              def.typesym:=nil;
              newtype.free;
              result:=true;
           end;
       end;


    const
       variantrecordlevel : longint = 0;


    procedure read_public_and_external_sc(sc:TFPObjectList);
    var
      vs: tabstractvarsym;
    begin
      { only allowed for one var }
      vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[0]);
      if sc.count>1 then
        Message1(parser_e_directive_only_one_var,arraytokeninfo[idtoken].str);
      read_public_and_external(vs);
    end;


    procedure read_public_and_external(vs: tabstractvarsym);
    var
      is_dll,
      is_far,
      is_cdecl,
      is_external_var,
      is_weak_external,
      is_public_var  : boolean;
      dll_name,section_name,
      C_name,mangledname      : string;
    begin
      { only allowed for one var }
      { only allow external and public on global symbols }
      if vs.typ<>staticvarsym then
        begin
          Message(parser_e_no_local_var_external);
          exit;
        end;
      { defaults }
      is_dll:=false;
      is_far:=false;
      is_cdecl:=false;
      is_external_var:=false;
      is_public_var:=false;
      section_name := '';
      dll_name := '';
      C_name:=vs.realname;

      { macpas specific handling due to some switches}
      if (m_mac in current_settings.modeswitches) then
        begin
          if (cs_external_var in current_settings.localswitches) then
            begin {The effect of this is the same as if cvar; external; has been given as directives.}
              is_cdecl:=true;
              is_external_var:=true;
            end
          else if (cs_externally_visible in current_settings.localswitches) then
            begin {The effect of this is the same as if cvar has been given as directives and it's made public.}
              is_cdecl:=true;
              is_public_var:=true;
            end;
        end;

      { cdecl }
      if try_to_consume(_CVAR) then
        begin
          consume(_SEMICOLON);
          is_cdecl:=true;
        end;

      { external }
      is_weak_external:=try_to_consume(_WEAKEXTERNAL);
      if is_weak_external or
         try_to_consume(_EXTERNAL) then
        begin
          is_external_var:=true;
          { near/far? }
          if target_info.system in systems_allow_external_far_var then
            begin
              if try_to_consume(_FAR) then
                is_far:=true
              else if try_to_consume(_NEAR) then
                is_far:=false;
            end;
          if (idtoken<>_NAME) and (token<>_SEMICOLON) then
            begin
              is_dll:=true;
              dll_name:=get_stringconst;
              if ExtractFileExt(dll_name)='' then
                dll_name:=ChangeFileExt(dll_name,target_info.sharedlibext);
            end;
          if not(is_cdecl) and try_to_consume(_NAME) then
            C_name:=get_stringconst;
          consume(_SEMICOLON);
        end;

      { export or public }
      if idtoken in [_EXPORT,_PUBLIC] then
        begin
          consume(_ID);
          if is_external_var then
            Message(parser_e_not_external_and_export)
          else
            is_public_var:=true;
          if try_to_consume(_NAME) then
            C_name:=get_stringconst;
          if (target_info.system in systems_allow_section_no_semicolon) and
             (vs.typ=staticvarsym) and
             try_to_consume (_SECTION) then
            section_name:=get_stringconst;
          consume(_SEMICOLON);
        end;

      { Windows uses an indirect reference using import tables }
      if is_dll and
         (target_info.system in systems_all_windows) then
        include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_dll_var);

      { This can only happen if vs.typ=staticvarsym }
      if section_name<>'' then
        begin
          tstaticvarsym(vs).section:=section_name;
          include(vs.varoptions,vo_has_section);
        end;


      { Add C _ prefix }
      if is_cdecl or
         (
          is_dll and
          (target_info.system in systems_darwin)
         ) then
        C_Name := target_info.Cprefix+C_Name;

      if is_public_var then
        begin
          include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_public);
          vs.varregable := vr_none;
          { mark as referenced }
          inc(vs.refs);
        end;

      mangledname:=C_name;
      { now we can insert it in the import lib if its a dll, or
        add it to the externals }
      if is_external_var then
        begin
          if vo_is_typed_const in vs.varoptions then
            Message(parser_e_initialized_not_for_external);
          include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_external);
          if is_far then
            include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_far);
          if (is_weak_external) then
            begin
              if not(target_info.system in systems_weak_linking) then
                message(parser_e_weak_external_not_supported);
              include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_weak_external);
            end;
          vs.varregable := vr_none;
          if is_dll then
            begin
              if target_info.system in (systems_all_windows + systems_nativent +
                                       [system_i386_emx, system_i386_os2]) then
                mangledname:=make_dllmangledname(dll_name,C_name,0,pocall_none);

              current_module.AddExternalImport(dll_name,C_Name,mangledname,0,true,false);
            end
          else
            if tf_has_dllscanner in target_info.flags then
              current_module.dllscannerinputlist.Add(vs.mangledname,vs);
        end;

      { Set the assembler name }
      tstaticvarsym(vs).set_mangledbasename(mangledname);
      tstaticvarsym(vs).set_mangledname(mangledname);
    end;


    procedure try_consume_sectiondirective(var asection: ansistring);
      begin
        if idtoken=_SECTION then
          begin
            consume(_ID);
            asection:=get_stringconst;
            consume(_SEMICOLON);
          end;
      end;


    procedure try_read_field_external(vs: tabstractvarsym);
      var
        extname: string;
      begin
        if try_to_consume(_EXTERNAL) then
          begin
            consume(_NAME);
            extname:=get_stringconst;
            tfieldvarsym(vs).set_externalname(extname);
            consume(_SEMICOLON);
          end;
      end;


    procedure try_read_field_external_sc(sc:TFPObjectList);
    var
      vs: tabstractvarsym;
    begin
      { only allowed for one var }
      vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[0]);
      if sc.count>1 then
        Message1(parser_e_directive_only_one_var,arraytokeninfo[idtoken].str);
      try_read_field_external(vs);
    end;


    procedure read_var_decls(options:Tvar_dec_options;out had_generic:boolean);

        procedure read_default_value(sc : TFPObjectList);
        var
          vs : tabstractnormalvarsym;
          tcsym : tstaticvarsym;
          templist : tasmlist;
        begin
          vs:=tabstractnormalvarsym(sc[0]);
          if sc.count>1 then
            Message(parser_e_initialized_only_one_var);
          if vo_is_thread_var in vs.varoptions then
            Message(parser_e_initialized_not_for_threadvar);
          consume(_EQ);
          case vs.typ of
            localvarsym :
              begin
                tcsym:=cstaticvarsym.create('$default'+vs.realname,vs_const,vs.vardef,[]);
                include(tcsym.symoptions,sp_internal);
                symtablestack.top.insert(tcsym);
                templist:=tasmlist.create;
                read_typed_const(templist,tcsym,false);
                { in case of a generic routine, this initialisation value is not
                  used, and will be re-parsed during specialisations (and the
                  current version is not type-correct and hence breaks code
                  generation for LLVM) }
                if not parse_generic then
                  begin
                    vs.defaultconstsym:=tcsym;
                    current_asmdata.asmlists[al_typedconsts].concatlist(templist);
                  end;
                templist.free;
              end;
            staticvarsym :
              begin
                read_typed_const(current_asmdata.asmlists[al_typedconsts],tstaticvarsym(vs),false);
              end;
            else
              internalerror(200611051);
          end;
          vs.varstate:=vs_initialised;
        end;

{$ifdef gpc_mode}
        procedure read_gpc_name(sc : TFPObjectList);
        var
          vs : tabstractnormalvarsym;
          C_Name : string;
        begin
          consume(_ID);
          C_Name:=get_stringconst;
          vs:=tabstractnormalvarsym(sc[0]);
          if sc.count>1 then
            Message(parser_e_directive_only_one_var,'ABSOLUTE');
          if vs.typ=staticvarsym then
            begin
              tstaticvarsym(vs).set_mangledname(C_Name);
              include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_external);
            end
          else
            Message(parser_e_no_local_var_external);
        end;
{$endif}

        procedure read_absolute(sc : TFPObjectList);
        var
          vs     : tabstractvarsym;
          abssym : tabsolutevarsym;
          pt,hp  : tnode;
          st     : tsymtable;
          {$if defined(i386) or defined(i8086)}
          tmpaddr : int64;
          {$endif defined(i386) or defined(i8086)}
        begin
          abssym:=nil;
          { only allowed for one var }
          vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[0]);
          if sc.count>1 then
            Message1(parser_e_directive_only_one_var,'ABSOLUTE');
          if vo_is_typed_const in vs.varoptions then
            Message(parser_e_initialized_not_for_external);
          { parse the rest }
          pt:=expr(true);
          { check allowed absolute types }
          if (pt.nodetype=stringconstn) or
            (is_constcharnode(pt)) then
            begin
              abssym:=cabsolutevarsym.create(vs.realname,vs.vardef);
              abssym.fileinfo:=vs.fileinfo;
              if pt.nodetype=stringconstn then
                abssym.asmname:=stringdup(strpas(tstringconstnode(pt).value_str))
              else
                abssym.asmname:=stringdup(chr(tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue));
              consume(token);
              abssym.abstyp:=toasm;
            end
          { address }
          else if is_constintnode(pt) then
            begin
              abssym:=cabsolutevarsym.create(vs.realname,vs.vardef);
              abssym.fileinfo:=vs.fileinfo;
              abssym.abstyp:=toaddr;
{$ifndef cpu64bitaddr}
              { on 64 bit systems, abssym.addroffset is a qword and hence this
                test is useless (value is a 64 bit entity) and will always fail
                for positive values (since int64(high(abssym.addroffset))=-1
              }
              if (Tordconstnode(pt).value<int64(low(abssym.addroffset))) or
                 (Tordconstnode(pt).value>int64(high(abssym.addroffset))) then
                message3(type_e_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(Tordconstnode(pt).value),tostr(low(abssym.addroffset)),tostr(high(abssym.addroffset)))
             else
{$endif}
                abssym.addroffset:=Tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue;
{$if defined(i386) or defined(i8086)}
              tcpuabsolutevarsym(abssym).absseg:=false;
              if (target_info.system in [system_i386_go32v2,system_i386_watcom,system_i8086_msdos,system_i8086_win16,system_i8086_embedded]) and
                  try_to_consume(_COLON) then
                begin
                  pt.free;
                  pt:=expr(true);
                  if is_constintnode(pt) then
                    begin
                      {$if defined(i8086)}
                        tcpuabsolutevarsym(abssym).addrsegment:=abssym.addroffset;
                        tmpaddr:=tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue;
                        if (tmpaddr<int64(low(abssym.addroffset))) or
                           (tmpaddr>int64(high(abssym.addroffset))) then
                          message3(type_e_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(Tordconstnode(pt).value),tostr(low(abssym.addroffset)),tostr(high(abssym.addroffset)))
                        else
                          abssym.addroffset:=tmpaddr;
                      {$elseif defined(i386)}
                        tmpaddr:=abssym.addroffset shl 4+tordconstnode(pt).value.svalue;
                        if (tmpaddr<int64(low(abssym.addroffset))) or
                           (tmpaddr>int64(high(abssym.addroffset))) then
                          message3(type_e_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(Tordconstnode(pt).value),tostr(low(abssym.addroffset)),tostr(high(abssym.addroffset)))
                        else
                          abssym.addroffset:=tmpaddr;
                      {$endif}
                      tcpuabsolutevarsym(abssym).absseg:=true;
                    end
                  else
                    Message(type_e_ordinal_expr_expected);
                end;
{$endif i386 or i8086}
            end
          { variable }
          else
            begin
              { we have to be able to take the address of the absolute
                expression
              }
              valid_for_addr(pt,true);
              { remove subscriptn before checking for loadn }
              hp:=pt;
              while (hp.nodetype in [subscriptn,typeconvn,vecn]) do
                begin
                  { check for implicit dereferencing and reject it }
                  if (hp.nodetype in [subscriptn,vecn]) then
                    begin
                      if (tunarynode(hp).left.resultdef.typ in [pointerdef,classrefdef]) then
                        break;
                      { catch, e.g., 'var b: char absolute pchar_var[5];"
                        (pchar_var[5] is a pchar_2_string typeconv ->
                         the vecn only sees an array of char)
                        I don't know if all of these type conversions are
                        possible, but they're definitely all bad.
                      }
                      if (tunarynode(hp).left.nodetype=typeconvn) and
                         (ttypeconvnode(tunarynode(hp).left).convtype in
                           [tc_pchar_2_string,tc_pointer_2_array,
                            tc_intf_2_string,tc_intf_2_guid,
                            tc_dynarray_2_variant,tc_interface_2_variant,
                            tc_array_2_dynarray]) then
                        break;

                      if (tunarynode(hp).left.resultdef.typ=stringdef) and
                         not(tstringdef(tunarynode(hp).left.resultdef).stringtype in [st_shortstring,st_longstring]) then
                        break;
                      if (tunarynode(hp).left.resultdef.typ=objectdef) and
                         (tobjectdef(tunarynode(hp).left.resultdef).objecttype<>odt_object) then
                        break;
                      if is_dynamic_array(tunarynode(hp).left.resultdef) then
                        break;
                    end;
                  hp:=tunarynode(hp).left;
                end;
              if (hp.nodetype=loadn) then
                begin
                  { we should check the result type of loadn }
                  if not (tloadnode(hp).symtableentry.typ in [fieldvarsym,staticvarsym,localvarsym,paravarsym,absolutevarsym]) then
                    Message(parser_e_absolute_only_to_var_or_const);
                  abssym:=cabsolutevarsym.create(vs.realname,vs.vardef);
                  abssym.fileinfo:=vs.fileinfo;
                  abssym.abstyp:=tovar;
                  abssym.ref:=node_to_propaccesslist(pt);

                  { if the sizes are different, can't be a regvar since you }
                  { can't be "absolute upper 8 bits of a register" (except  }
                  { if its a record field of the same size of a record      }
                  { regvar, but in that case pt.resultdef.size will have    }
                  { the same size since it refers to the field and not to   }
                  { the whole record -- which is why we use pt and not hp)  }

                  { we can't take the size of an open array }
                  if is_open_array(pt.resultdef) or
                     (vs.vardef.size <> pt.resultdef.size) then
                    make_not_regable(pt,[ra_addr_regable]);
                end
              else
                Message(parser_e_absolute_only_to_var_or_const);
            end;
          pt.free;
          { replace old varsym with the new absolutevarsym }
          if assigned(abssym) then
            begin
              st:=vs.owner;
              vs.owner.Delete(vs);
              st.insert(abssym);
              sc[0]:=abssym;
            end;
        end;

      var
         sc   : TFPObjectList;
         vs   : tabstractvarsym;
         hdef : tdef;
         i    : longint;
         first,
         isgeneric,
         semicoloneaten,
         allowdefaultvalue,
         hasdefaultvalue : boolean;
         hintsymoptions  : tsymoptions;
         deprecatedmsg   : pshortstring;
         old_block_type  : tblock_type;
         sectionname : ansistring;
         tmp_filepos,
         old_current_filepos     : tfileposinfo;
      begin
         old_block_type:=block_type;
         block_type:=bt_var;
         { Force an expected ID error message }
         if not (token in [_ID,_CASE,_END]) then
           consume(_ID);
         { read vars }
         sc:=TFPObjectList.create(false);
         first:=true;
         had_generic:=false;
         vs:=nil;
         fillchar(tmp_filepos,sizeof(tmp_filepos),0);
         while (token=_ID) do
           begin
             semicoloneaten:=false;
             hasdefaultvalue:=false;
             allowdefaultvalue:=true;
             sc.clear;
             repeat
               if (token = _ID) then
                 begin
                   isgeneric:=(vd_check_generic in options) and
                                not (m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                                (idtoken=_GENERIC);
                   case symtablestack.top.symtabletype of
                     localsymtable :
                       vs:=clocalvarsym.create(orgpattern,vs_value,generrordef,[]);
                     staticsymtable,
                     globalsymtable :
                       begin
                         vs:=cstaticvarsym.create(orgpattern,vs_value,generrordef,[]);
                         if vd_threadvar in options then
                           include(vs.varoptions,vo_is_thread_var);
                       end;
                     else
                       internalerror(200411064);
                   end;
                   sc.add(vs);
                   if isgeneric then
                     tmp_filepos:=current_filepos;
                 end
               else
                 isgeneric:=false;
               consume(_ID);
               { when the first variable had been read the next declaration could be
                 a "generic procedure", "generic function" or
                 "generic class (function/procedure)" }
               if not first
                   and isgeneric
                   and (sc.count=1)
                   and (token in [_PROCEDURE,_FUNCTION,_CLASS]) then
                 begin
                   vs.free;
                   sc.clear;
                   had_generic:=true;
                   break;
                 end
               else
                 begin
                   vs.register_sym;
                   if isgeneric then
                     begin
                       { ensure correct error position }
                       old_current_filepos:=current_filepos;
                       current_filepos:=tmp_filepos;
                       symtablestack.top.insert(vs);
                       current_filepos:=old_current_filepos;
                     end
                   else
                     symtablestack.top.insert(vs);
                 end;
             until not try_to_consume(_COMMA);

             if had_generic then
               break;

             { read variable type def }
             block_type:=bt_var_type;
             consume(_COLON);

{$ifdef gpc_mode}
             if (m_gpc in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                (token=_ID) and
                (orgpattern='__asmname__') then
               read_gpc_name(sc);
{$endif}

             read_anon_type(hdef,false);
             maybe_guarantee_record_typesym(hdef,symtablestack.top);
             for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
               begin
                 vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[i]);
                 vs.vardef:=hdef;
               end;
             block_type:=bt_var;

             { Process procvar directives }
             if maybe_parse_proc_directives(hdef) then
               semicoloneaten:=true;

             { check for absolute }
             if try_to_consume(_ABSOLUTE) then
               begin
                 read_absolute(sc);
                 allowdefaultvalue:=false;
               end;

             { Check for EXTERNAL etc directives before a semicolon }
             if (idtoken in [_EXPORT,_EXTERNAL,_PUBLIC,_CVAR]) or (idtoken = _WEAKEXTERNAL) then
               begin
                 read_public_and_external_sc(sc);
                 allowdefaultvalue:=false;
                 semicoloneaten:=true;
               end;

             { try to parse the hint directives }
             hintsymoptions:=[];
             deprecatedmsg:=nil;
             try_consume_hintdirective(hintsymoptions,deprecatedmsg);
             for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
               begin
                 vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[i]);
                 vs.symoptions := vs.symoptions + hintsymoptions;
                 if deprecatedmsg<>nil then
                   vs.deprecatedmsg:=stringdup(deprecatedmsg^);
               end;
             stringdispose(deprecatedmsg);

             { Handling of Delphi typed const = initialized vars }
             if allowdefaultvalue and
                (token=_EQ) and
                not(m_tp7 in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                (symtablestack.top.symtabletype<>parasymtable) then
               begin
                 { Add calling convention for procvar }
                 if (hdef.typ=procvardef) and
                    (hdef.typesym=nil) then
                   handle_calling_convention(tprocvardef(hdef),hcc_default_actions_intf);
                 read_default_value(sc);
                 hasdefaultvalue:=true;
               end
             else
               begin
                 if not(semicoloneaten) then
                   consume(_SEMICOLON);
               end;

             { Support calling convention for procvars after semicolon }
             if not(hasdefaultvalue) and
                (hdef.typ=procvardef) and
                (hdef.typesym=nil) then
               begin
                 { Parse procvar directives after ; }
                 maybe_parse_proc_directives(hdef);
                 { Add calling convention for procvar }
                 handle_calling_convention(tprocvardef(hdef),hcc_default_actions_intf);
                 { Handling of Delphi typed const = initialized vars }
                 if (token=_EQ) and
                    not(m_tp7 in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                    (symtablestack.top.symtabletype<>parasymtable) then
                   begin
                     read_default_value(sc);
                     hasdefaultvalue:=true;
                   end;
               end;

             { Check for EXTERNAL etc directives or, in macpas, if cs_external_var is set}
             if (
                 (
                  ((idtoken in [_EXPORT,_EXTERNAL,_PUBLIC,_CVAR]) or (idtoken = _WEAKEXTERNAL)) and
                  (m_cvar_support in current_settings.modeswitches)
                 ) or
                 (
                  (m_mac in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                  (
                   (cs_external_var in current_settings.localswitches) or
                   (cs_externally_visible in current_settings.localswitches)
                  )
                 )
                ) then
               read_public_and_external_sc(sc);

             { try to parse a section directive }
             if (target_info.system in systems_allow_section) and
                (symtablestack.top.symtabletype in [staticsymtable,globalsymtable]) and
                (idtoken=_SECTION) then
               begin
                 try_consume_sectiondirective(sectionname);
                 if sectionname<>'' then
                   begin
                     for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
                       begin
                         vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[i]);
                         if (vs.varoptions *[vo_is_external,vo_is_weak_external])<>[] then
                           Message(parser_e_externals_no_section);
                         if vs.typ<>staticvarsym then
                           Message(parser_e_section_no_locals);
                         tstaticvarsym(vs).section:=sectionname;
                         include(vs.varoptions, vo_has_section);
                       end;
                   end;
               end;

             { allocate normal variable (non-external and non-typed-const) staticvarsyms }
             for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
               begin
                 vs:=tabstractvarsym(sc[i]);
                 if (vs.typ=staticvarsym) and
                    not(vo_is_typed_const in vs.varoptions) and
                    not(vo_is_external in vs.varoptions) then
                   cnodeutils.insertbssdata(tstaticvarsym(vs));
                 if vo_is_public in vs.varoptions then
                   current_module.add_public_asmsym(vs.mangledname,AB_GLOBAL,AT_DATA);
               end;

             first:=false;
           end;
         block_type:=old_block_type;
         { free the list }
         sc.free;
      end;


    function check_allowed_for_var_or_const(def:tdef;allowdynarray:boolean):boolean;
      var
        stowner,tmpdef : tdef;
        st : tsymtable;
      begin
        result:=true;
        st:=symtablestack.top;
        if not (st.symtabletype in [recordsymtable,objectsymtable]) then
          exit;
        stowner:=tdef(st.defowner);
        while assigned(stowner) and (stowner.typ in [objectdef,recorddef]) do
          begin
            if def.typ=arraydef then
              begin
                tmpdef:=def;
                while (tmpdef.typ=arraydef) do
                  begin
                    { dynamic arrays are allowed in certain cases }
                    if allowdynarray and (ado_IsDynamicArray in tarraydef(tmpdef).arrayoptions) then
                      begin
                        tmpdef:=nil;
                        break;
                      end;
                    tmpdef:=tarraydef(tmpdef).elementdef;
                  end;
              end
            else
              tmpdef:=def;
            if assigned(tmpdef) and
                (is_object(tmpdef) or is_record(tmpdef)) and
                is_owned_by(tabstractrecorddef(stowner),tabstractrecorddef(tmpdef)) then
              begin
                Message1(type_e_type_is_not_completly_defined,tabstractrecorddef(tmpdef).RttiName);
                result:=false;
                break;
              end;
            stowner:=tdef(stowner.owner.defowner);
          end;
      end;


    procedure read_record_fields(options:Tvar_dec_options; reorderlist: TFPObjectList; variantdesc : ppvariantrecdesc;out had_generic:boolean);
      var
         sc : TFPObjectList;
         i  : longint;
         hs,sorg : string;
         hdef,casetype,tmpdef : tdef;
         { maxsize contains the max. size of a variant }
         { startvarrec contains the start of the variant part of a record }
         maxsize, startvarrecsize : longint;
         usedalign,
         maxalignment,startvarrecalign,
         maxpadalign, startpadalign: shortint;
         stowner : tdef;
         pt : tnode;
         fieldvs   : tfieldvarsym;
         hstaticvs : tstaticvarsym;
         vs    : tabstractvarsym;
         srsym : tsym;
         srsymtable : TSymtable;
         visibility : tvisibility;
         recst : tabstractrecordsymtable;
         unionsymtable : trecordsymtable;
         offset : longint;
         uniondef : trecorddef;
         hintsymoptions : tsymoptions;
         deprecatedmsg : pshortstring;
         hadgendummy,
         semicoloneaten,
         removeclassoption: boolean;
{$if defined(powerpc) or defined(powerpc64)}
         tempdef: tdef;
         is_first_type: boolean;
{$endif powerpc or powerpc64}
         old_block_type: tblock_type;
      begin
         old_block_type:=block_type;
         block_type:=bt_var;
         recst:=tabstractrecordsymtable(symtablestack.top);
{$if defined(powerpc) or defined(powerpc64)}
         is_first_type:=true;
{$endif powerpc or powerpc64}
         { Force an expected ID error message }
         if not (token in [_ID,_CASE,_END]) then
           consume(_ID);
         { read vars }
         sc:=TFPObjectList.create(false);
         removeclassoption:=false;
         had_generic:=false;
         while (token=_ID) and
            not(((vd_object in options) or
                 ((vd_record in options) and (m_advanced_records in current_settings.modeswitches))) and
                ((idtoken in [_PUBLIC,_PRIVATE,_PUBLISHED,_PROTECTED,_STRICT]) or
                 ((m_final_fields in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                  (idtoken=_FINAL)))) do
           begin
             visibility:=symtablestack.top.currentvisibility;
             semicoloneaten:=false;
             sc.clear;
             repeat
               sorg:=orgpattern;
               if token=_ID then
                 begin
                   vs:=cfieldvarsym.create(sorg,vs_value,generrordef,[]);

                   { normally the visibility is set via addfield, but sometimes
                     we collect symbols so we can add them in a batch of
                     potentially mixed visibility, and then the individual
                     symbols need to have their visibility already set }
                   vs.visibility:=visibility;
                   if (vd_check_generic in options) and (idtoken=_GENERIC) then
                     had_generic:=true;
                 end
               else
                 vs:=nil;
               consume(_ID);
               if assigned(vs) and
                  (
                    not had_generic or
                    not (token in [_PROCEDURE,_FUNCTION,_CLASS])
                  ) then
                 begin
                   vs.register_sym;
                   sc.add(vs);
                   recst.insert(vs);
                   had_generic:=false;
                 end
               else
                 vs.free;
             until not try_to_consume(_COMMA);
             if m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches then
               block_type:=bt_var_type
             else
               block_type:=old_block_type;
             if had_generic and (sc.count=0) then
               break;
             consume(_COLON);

             read_anon_type(hdef,false);
             maybe_guarantee_record_typesym(hdef,symtablestack.top);
             block_type:=bt_var;
             { allow only static fields reference to struct where they are declared }
             if not (vd_class in options) then
               begin
                 if not check_allowed_for_var_or_const(hdef,true) then
                   { for error recovery or compiler will crash later }
                   hdef:=generrordef;
               end;

             { Process procvar directives }
             if maybe_parse_proc_directives(hdef) then
               semicoloneaten:=true;

{$if defined(powerpc) or defined(powerpc64)}
             { from gcc/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.h:
              /* APPLE LOCAL begin Macintosh alignment 2002-1-22 ff */
              /* Return the alignment of a struct based on the Macintosh PowerPC
                 alignment rules.  In general the alignment of a struct is
                 determined by the greatest alignment of its elements.  However, the
                 PowerPC rules cause the alignment of a struct to peg at word
                 alignment except when the first field has greater than word
                 (32-bit) alignment, in which case the alignment is determined by
                 the alignment of the first field.  */
             }
             { TODO: check whether this is also for AIX }
             if (target_info.abi in [abi_powerpc_aix,abi_powerpc_darwin]) and
                is_first_type and
                (symtablestack.top.symtabletype=recordsymtable) and
                (trecordsymtable(symtablestack.top).usefieldalignment=C_alignment) then
               begin
                 tempdef:=hdef;
                 while tempdef.typ=arraydef do
                   tempdef:=tarraydef(tempdef).elementdef;
                 if tempdef.typ<>recorddef then
                   maxpadalign:=tempdef.alignment
                 else
                   maxpadalign:=trecorddef(tempdef).padalignment;

                 if (maxpadalign>4) and
                    (maxpadalign>trecordsymtable(symtablestack.top).padalignment) then
                   trecordsymtable(symtablestack.top).padalignment:=maxpadalign;
                 is_first_type:=false;
               end;
{$endif powerpc or powerpc64}

             { types that use init/final are not allowed in variant parts, but
               classes are allowed }
             if (variantrecordlevel>0) then
               if is_managed_type(hdef) then
                 Message(parser_e_cant_use_inittable_here)
               else
               if hdef.typ=undefineddef then
                 Message(parser_e_cant_use_type_parameters_here);

             { try to parse the hint directives }
             hintsymoptions:=[];
             deprecatedmsg:=nil;
             try_consume_hintdirective(hintsymoptions,deprecatedmsg);

             { update variable type and hints }
             for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
               begin
                 fieldvs:=tfieldvarsym(sc[i]);
                 fieldvs.vardef:=hdef;
                 { insert any additional hint directives }
                 fieldvs.symoptions := fieldvs.symoptions + hintsymoptions;
                 if deprecatedmsg<>nil then
                   fieldvs.deprecatedmsg:=stringdup(deprecatedmsg^);
               end;
               stringdispose(deprecatedmsg);

             { Records and objects can't have default values }
             { for a record there doesn't need to be a ; before the END or )    }
             if not(token in [_END,_RKLAMMER]) and
                not(semicoloneaten) then
               consume(_SEMICOLON);

             { Parse procvar directives after ; }
             maybe_parse_proc_directives(hdef);

             { Add calling convention for procvar }
             if (hdef.typ=procvardef) and
                (hdef.typesym=nil) then
               handle_calling_convention(tprocvardef(hdef),hcc_default_actions_intf);

             if (vd_object in options) then
               begin
                 { if it is not a class var section and token=STATIC then it is a class field too }
                 if not (vd_class in options) and try_to_consume(_STATIC) then
                   begin
                     consume(_SEMICOLON);
                     include(options,vd_class);
                     removeclassoption:=true;
                   end;
                 { Fields in Java classes/interfaces can have a separately
                   specified external name }
                 if is_java_class_or_interface(tdef(recst.defowner)) and
                    (oo_is_external in tobjectdef(recst.defowner).objectoptions) then
                   try_read_field_external_sc(sc);
               end;
             if (visibility=vis_published) and
                not(is_class(hdef)) then
               begin
                 MessagePos(tfieldvarsym(sc[0]).fileinfo,parser_e_cant_publish_that);
                 visibility:=vis_public;
               end;

             if (visibility=vis_published) and
                not(oo_can_have_published in tobjectdef(hdef).objectoptions) and
                not(m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches) then
               begin
                 MessagePos(tfieldvarsym(sc[0]).fileinfo,parser_e_only_publishable_classes_can_be_published);
                 visibility:=vis_public;
               end;
             if vd_class in options then
               begin
                 { add static flag and staticvarsyms }
                 for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
                   begin
                     fieldvs:=tfieldvarsym(sc[i]);
                     fieldvs.visibility:=visibility;
                     hstaticvs:=make_field_static(recst,fieldvs);
                     if vd_threadvar in options then
                       include(hstaticvs.varoptions,vo_is_thread_var);
                     if not parse_generic then
                       cnodeutils.insertbssdata(hstaticvs);
                     if vd_final in options then
                       hstaticvs.varspez:=vs_final;
                   end;
                 if removeclassoption then
                   begin
                     exclude(options,vd_class);
                     removeclassoption:=false;
                   end;
               end;
             if vd_final in options then
               begin
                 { add final flag }
                 for i:=0 to sc.count-1 do
                   begin
                     fieldvs:=tfieldvarsym(sc[i]);
                     fieldvs.varspez:=vs_final;
                   end;
               end;

             if not(vd_canreorder in options) then
               { add field(s) to the recordsymtable }
               recst.addfieldlist(sc,false)
             else
               { we may reorder the fields before adding them to the symbol
                 table }
               reorderlist.concatlistcopy(sc)
           end;

         if m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches then
           block_type:=bt_var_type
         else
           block_type:=old_block_type;
         { Check for Case }
         if (vd_record in options) and
            try_to_consume(_CASE) then
           begin
              maxsize:=0;
              maxalignment:=0;
              maxpadalign:=0;

              { already inside a variant record? if not, setup a new variantdesc chain }
              if not(assigned(variantdesc)) then
                variantdesc:=@trecorddef(trecordsymtable(recst).defowner).variantrecdesc;

              { else just concat the info to the given one }
              new(variantdesc^);
              fillchar(variantdesc^^,sizeof(tvariantrecdesc),0);

              { including a field declaration? }
              fieldvs:=nil;
              sorg:=orgpattern;
              hs:=pattern;
              searchsym(hs,srsym,srsymtable);
              if not(assigned(srsym) and (srsym.typ in [typesym,unitsym])) then
                begin
                  consume(_ID);
                  consume(_COLON);
                  fieldvs:=cfieldvarsym.create(sorg,vs_value,generrordef,[]);
                  variantdesc^^.variantselector:=fieldvs;
                  symtablestack.top.insert(fieldvs);
                end;
              read_anon_type(casetype,true);
              block_type:=bt_var;
              if assigned(fieldvs) then
                begin
                  fieldvs.vardef:=casetype;
                  recst.addfield(fieldvs,recst.currentvisibility);
                end;
              if not(is_ordinal(casetype))
{$ifndef cpu64bitaddr}
                 or is_64bitint(casetype)
{$endif cpu64bitaddr}
                 then
                Message(type_e_ordinal_expr_expected);
              consume(_OF);

              UnionSymtable:=trecordsymtable.create('',current_settings.packrecords,current_settings.alignment.recordalignmin,current_settings.alignment.maxCrecordalign);
              UnionDef:=crecorddef.create('',unionsymtable);
              uniondef.isunion:=true;

              startvarrecsize:=UnionSymtable.datasize;
              { align the bitpacking to the next byte }
              UnionSymtable.datasize:=startvarrecsize;
              startvarrecalign:=UnionSymtable.fieldalignment;
              startpadalign:=Unionsymtable.padalignment;
              symtablestack.push(UnionSymtable);
              repeat
                SetLength(variantdesc^^.branches,length(variantdesc^^.branches)+1);
                fillchar(variantdesc^^.branches[high(variantdesc^^.branches)],
                  sizeof(variantdesc^^.branches[high(variantdesc^^.branches)]),0);
                repeat
                  pt:=comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]);
                  if not(pt.nodetype=ordconstn) then
                    Message(parser_e_illegal_expression);
                  { iso pascal does not support ranges in variant record definitions }
                  if (([m_iso,m_extpas]*current_settings.modeswitches)=[]) and try_to_consume(_POINTPOINT) then
                    pt:=crangenode.create(pt,comp_expr([ef_accept_equal]))
                  else
                    begin
                      with variantdesc^^.branches[high(variantdesc^^.branches)] do
                        begin
                          SetLength(values,length(values)+1);
                          values[high(values)]:=tordconstnode(pt).value;
                        end;
                    end;
                  pt.free;
                  if token=_COMMA then
                    consume(_COMMA)
                  else
                    break;
                until false;
                if m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches then
                  block_type:=bt_var_type
                else
                  block_type:=old_block_type;
                consume(_COLON);
                { read the vars }
                consume(_LKLAMMER);
                inc(variantrecordlevel);
                if token<>_RKLAMMER then
                  read_record_fields([vd_record],nil,@variantdesc^^.branches[high(variantdesc^^.branches)].nestedvariant,hadgendummy);
                dec(variantrecordlevel);
                consume(_RKLAMMER);

                { calculates maximal variant size }
                maxsize:=max(maxsize,unionsymtable.datasize);
                maxalignment:=max(maxalignment,unionsymtable.fieldalignment);
                maxpadalign:=max(maxpadalign,unionsymtable.padalignment);
                { the items of the next variant are overlayed }
                unionsymtable.datasize:=startvarrecsize;
                unionsymtable.fieldalignment:=startvarrecalign;
                unionsymtable.padalignment:=startpadalign;
                if (token<>_END) and (token<>_RKLAMMER) then
                  consume(_SEMICOLON)
                else
                  break;
              until (token=_END) or (token=_RKLAMMER);
              symtablestack.pop(UnionSymtable);
              { at last set the record size to that of the biggest variant }
              unionsymtable.datasize:=maxsize;
              unionsymtable.fieldalignment:=maxalignment;
              unionsymtable.addalignmentpadding;
{$if defined(powerpc) or defined(powerpc64)}
              { parent inherits the alignment padding if the variant is the first "field" of the parent record/variant }
              if (target_info.system in [system_powerpc_darwin, system_powerpc_macos, system_powerpc64_darwin]) and
                 is_first_type and
                 (recst.usefieldalignment=C_alignment) and
                 (maxpadalign>recst.padalignment) then
                recst.padalignment:=maxpadalign;
{$endif powerpc or powerpc64}
              { Align the offset where the union symtable is added }
              case recst.usefieldalignment of
                { allow the unionsymtable to be aligned however it wants }
                { (within the global min/max limits)                     }
                0, { default }
                C_alignment:
                  usedalign:=used_align(unionsymtable.recordalignment,current_settings.alignment.recordalignmin,current_settings.alignment.maxCrecordalign);
                { 1 byte alignment if we are bitpacked }
                bit_alignment:
                  usedalign:=1;
                mac68k_alignment:
                  usedalign:=2;
                { otherwise alignment at the packrecords alignment of the }
                { current record                                          }
                else
                  usedalign:=used_align(recst.fieldalignment,current_settings.alignment.recordalignmin,current_settings.alignment.recordalignmax);
              end;
              offset:=align(recst.datasize,usedalign);
              recst.datasize:=offset+unionsymtable.datasize;

              if unionsymtable.recordalignment>recst.fieldalignment then
                recst.fieldalignment:=unionsymtable.recordalignment;

              trecordsymtable(recst).insertunionst(Unionsymtable,offset);
              uniondef.owner.deletedef(uniondef);
           end;
         { free the list }
         sc.free;
{$ifdef powerpc}
         is_first_type := false;
{$endif powerpc}
         block_type:=old_block_type;
      end;

end.