Martin Frb via fpc-devel <fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Mo., 7. Apr. 2025, 08:13:
> On 07/04/2025 08:01, Sven Barth via fpc-devel wrote: > > > > Also it would be best to simply document as UTF8Copy working 1-based > > because you can't detect from the callee-side whether it had been > > enabled on the caller-side (especially if they're from different units). > > > > Just an idea. > > Maybe having 2 underlying string types for 0 and 1 based. Then it would > be possible to use overload. > No. This would not be compatible with Delphi from which this feature stems. > Btw, "from the calling side", before I search the doc, what happens if > > Unit1 // has 0 base strings > var foo: ansistring; //global > foo := 'abc'; > > unit2 // has 1 based strings > writeln(foo[1]); // follows 1 based or follows declaration 0 based? > It has nothing to do with the declaration. It's a local switch that controls whether a 1 is implicitly added by the compiler when accessing a string using [] accesses or intrinsics. Regards, Sven >
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