Ah, I see... Thanks for the quick reply.
Graeme.
On 3/26/07, Jonas Maebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 26 mrt 2007, at 12:54, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> If I have a .pas unit and forgot to specify the compiler mode line
> {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
> what does FPC default to? Compiler Mode? Longstring or Shortstring?
Shortstring. {$h+} is not longstring, but ansistring.
> After some more testing I realized it is the {$H+} that gave me the
> performance boost. What does FPC default to? Why not default to {$H+}
> ?
Backwards compatibility. There are also many situations where
ansistrings are slower than shortstrings.
Jonas
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