Extended = Double in Lazarus Win64

Delphi, Lazarus 1 Minute

Note to self: In Lazarus Win64 there is no floating point type Extended, it’s mapped to Double. So, overloading something like:

function TryStr2Float(const _s: string; out _flt: Extended; _DecSeparator: Char = '.'): Boolean; overload;
function TryStr2Float(const _s: string; out _flt: Double; _DecSeparator: Char = '.'): Boolean; overload;
function TryStr2Float(const _s: string; out _flt: Single; _DecSeparator: Char = '.'): Boolean; overload;

will not compile.

Workaround: Add an {$IFNDEF Win64} around it:

{$IFNDEF Win64}
function TryStr2Float(const _s: string; out _flt: Extended; _DecSeparator: Char = '.'): Boolean; overload;
{$ENDIF}
function TryStr2Float(const _s: string; out _flt: Double; _DecSeparator: Char = '.'): Boolean; overload;
function TryStr2Float(const _s: string; out _flt: Single; _DecSeparator: Char = '.'): Boolean; overload;

This probably also applies to Delphi when compiling for others than the Win32 target, e.g. Win64, Android, IOS etc.

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