> On 10/31/07, Joao Morais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They are reference counted, just like ansi strings, ie don't worry about > > memory leakages. > > The detail that is not crystal clear to me is : after the first SetLength > and i set the first 3 elements , is it *guaranteed* that the > second SetLength > leaves those first 3 elements untouched ?
Yes. But they can be copied, so address to them might be invalid. > That's what i meant by "resize" as opposed to "reallocate" . Reallocation > could occur in some other place in memory , leading to loosing the > original contents. It does resize if possible, reallocate (and copy the original data as far as it fits) else. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
