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--- delegates [2018/02/19 18:53] – wolfgangriedmann
+++ delegates [2018/07/11 09:36] (current) – [Why Delegates] wolfgangriedmann
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 The only real use of function pointers in the VO language is the interface to Windows API functions or other DLL calls.
-Since every pointer use can lead to serious problems when wrongly used, the .NET languages define another concept: the delegates.
+Since every pointer use can lead to serious problems when wrongly used, the .NET languages define another concept: the delegates. And therefore you should also use delegates when you need to dynamically call functions. Please see below in the PCall note for a link to a sample.
 ==== What is a Delegate ====
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 Of course you can omit also the Invoke() call - the compiler will add it for you:
 <code>oDelegate( 789 )</code>
+Delegates can be also used in other cases: when you need to call a function in a dynamically loaded DLL. In VO we used the PCall() pseudo-function, in Vulcan also PCallNative().
+For a sample please look here:  [[vo_to_net:pcall|PCall vs PCallNative]]
+Please look also at this message in the X# forum by Chris Pyrgas:
+[[https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-chit-chat/542-the-x-documentation-project?start=70#4064|https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-chit-chat/542-the-x-documentation-project?start=70#4064]]
 ==== Further informations ====
 [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/delegates/|Delegates (C# Programming Guide)]]