On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:35:58 +0200 (CEST)
> Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >
> > > // Delphi still cannot handle wide strings properly while streaming
> > > Filer.DefineProperty('WideDefaultText', @ReadText, @WriteText,
> > > FDefaultText <> 'Node');
> > >
> > > The FCL TWriter has a problem too: It refuses to write empty
> widestrings.
> >
> > This is not a 'problem' but a design decision: empty strings are never
> written
> > to stream. Delphi also does not write empty strings to stream; it's to
> save space.
>
> That was maybe the idea. And it works well as default behaviour.
> But when you define a stored function, you want to fine tune, what is saved
> and what not.
The empty string is only not written if there is no 'stored' specifier, I think.
> This 'design decision', if it was that, limits the possibilities without
> gain and is inconsistent to other types.
No, because zero ordinals are also not written ?
If you want more control, all you need to do is add a 'stored' modifier ?
(I recently did some fixes to that, though)
Michael.
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