On 18 August 2012 21:33, Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote: > "String" can mean either "ShortString", "AnsiString" or "UnicodeString" > depending on the compiler settings: > > Non-Delphi modes and $H- (default): ShortString > Delphi mode: AnsiString > DelphiUnicode mode: UnicodeString > Non-Delphi modes and $H+: AnsiString > Non-Delphi modes and $H- and modeswitch "unicodestrings": (AFAIK) > ShortString > Non—Delphi modes and $H+ and modeswitch "unicodestrings": UnicodeString
@Michael van Canneyt Now there is a good table to add to the Lang Ref or some other FPC documentation. [...thinking out loudly...] Oh how I yearn for the Java string handling simplicity - compared to the mess Delphi and FPC is in. -- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://fpgui.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
