On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> > On 11 Feb 2006, at 17:40, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> >
> > >> Because shortstring is defined as String[255]
> > >
> > > Hmm. How do I get real shortstring behaviour in delphi mode then?
> >
> > A string[255] is identical to a "real shortstring".
>
> I mean including the possibilties to have non-255 sizes.
Simple:
Var
A : String[10];
{$H+} just means that for
A : String;
A is an ansistring.
{$H-} means that for
A : String;
A is a 255 char string, TP style, and hence is equivalent to
A : ShortString
As soon as there is a size indication, it's a TP-style string.
Michael.
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