[fpc-pascal]char 0 in ansistrings
Is it *absolutely safe* to include chr(0) in an ansistring and have it get treated like any other character? Or is there some instance where it will cause different behavior than other chars? Mark ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal]char 0 in ansistrings
On 2 dec 2003, at 07:59, Mark Emerson wrote: Is it *absolutely safe* to include chr(0) in an ansistring and have it get treated like any other character? Or is there some instance where it will cause different behavior than other chars? Only if you typecast your ansistring to a pchar. Jonas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal]char 0 in ansistrings
Jonas, I'm afraid my question was unclear. Unfortunately, I asked two questions with opposite senses, and I don't know which one you answered. Please clarify which of my interpretations of your answer is what you intended: (1) It is ONLY absolutely safe to include chr(0)IF you typecast your ansistring to a pchar, and thus IF you treat it as an ansistring WITHOUT the typecast to pchar, it is NOT safe. (2) It IS absolutely safe to include chr(0), UNLESS you typecast it to pchar...because typcasting to pchar is an INSTANCE (per my 2nd question) where it will cause different behavior... Gimme a (1) or a (2). Thanks. Mark On 2 dec 2003, at 07:59, Mark Emerson wrote: Is it *absolutely safe* to include chr(0) in an ansistring and have it get treated like any other character? Or is there some instance where it will cause different behavior than other chars? Only if you typecast your ansistring to a pchar. Jonas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal]char 0 in ansistrings
On 2 dec 2003, at 08:48, Mark Emerson wrote: I'm afraid my question was unclear. Unfortunately, I asked two questions with opposite senses, and I don't know which one you answered. Please clarify which of my interpretations of your answer is what you intended: (1) It is ONLY absolutely safe to include chr(0)IF you typecast your ansistring to a pchar, and thus IF you treat it as an ansistring WITHOUT the typecast to pchar, it is NOT safe. (2) It IS absolutely safe to include chr(0), UNLESS you typecast it to pchar...because typcasting to pchar is an INSTANCE (per my 2nd question) where it will cause different behavior... Gimme a (1) or a (2). Thanks. (2) because in a pchar, #0 is an end-of-string marker. Jonas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
