> >
> > yielding s = 'abcdelmnop'
> >
> > ...does the system "shift" the 'lmnop' to the left, or does the string
> > get hooked together with pointers, thus saving much time with long strings?
>
> No shifting, ansistrings are not sparse (at least not in this implementation.
should be:
It does
> 1. If a segment is deleted from an ansistring, e.g. ...
>
> s := 'abcdefghijklmnop';
> delete (s, 5, 6);
>
> yielding s = 'abcdelmnop'
>
> ...does the system "shift" the 'lmnop' to the left, or does the string
> get hooked together with pointers, thus saving much time with long strings?
No sh
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Mark Emerson wrote:
> 1. If a segment is deleted from an ansistring, e.g. ...
>
> s := 'abcdefghijklmnop';
> delete (s, 5, 6);
>
> yielding s = 'abcdelmnop'
>
> ...does the system "shift" the 'lmnop' to the left, or does the string
> get hooked together with pointers, thus s
1. If a segment is deleted from an ansistring, e.g. ...
s := 'abcdefghijklmnop';
delete (s, 5, 6);
yielding s = 'abcdelmnop'
...does the system "shift" the 'lmnop' to the left, or does the string
get hooked together with pointers, thus saving much time with long strings?
2. Is there any documen
