On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:20:45 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:35:58 +0200 (CEST)
> > Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > >
> > > > // Delphi still cannot handle wide strings properly while
streaming
> > > > Filer.DefineProperty('WideDefaultText', @ReadText, @WriteText,
> > > > FDefaultText <> 'Node');
> > > >
> > > > The FCL TWriter has a problem too: It refuses to write empty
> > widestrings.
> > >
> > > This is not a 'problem' but a design decision: empty strings are never
> > written
> > > to stream. Delphi also does not write empty strings to stream; it's to
> > save space.
> >
> > That was maybe the idea. And it works well as default behaviour.
> > But when you define a stored function, you want to fine tune, what is
saved
> > and what not.
>
> The empty string is only not written if there is no 'stored' specifier, I
think.
>
> > This 'design decision', if it was that, limits the possibilities without
> > gain and is inconsistent to other types.
>
> No, because zero ordinals are also not written ?
>
> If you want more control, all you need to do is add a 'stored' modifier ?
> (I recently did some fixes to that, though)
Well, if you fixed the problem, then of course it is not a problem. :)
Mattias
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