and I think you can do sName := 'something else'
in the first case and not the second. If it was this: Const a = 1; Const b : integer = 2; then a would only be a byte, where as b would be an int.... N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Verner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Const > Just a guess, but the second one probably uses shortstring, rather than > string. > > Stacey > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Christenhusz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, 12 November 2001 12:30 p.m. > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > Subject: [DUG]: Const > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Can anybody tell me the difference between the following two > > declarations > > and why you want to use the first one. The second one seems > > to use less > > memory! > > > > > > const > > sName : string = 'This is a test'; > > > > > > and > > > > const > > sName = 'This is a test'; > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > John. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
