Variable length strings can be stored in character arrays by the use of either null padding or blank padding. The *storage* is fixed length, but the *purpose* is variable length. The following sentence in the original pull request conflicts with this usage:
"If the character array option is chosen, the strings in a given array are defined to be equal in length." This sentence is not essential to the description of strings within character type. It is an unneeded constraint. This sentence is also not necessary for the introduction of string data type. Therefore I request this sentence simply be removed. Thanks. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/139#issuecomment-406432758
