Sander van Rossen wrote:
> [...]
>
>> * Two lengths are stored, one with the null terminator (no longer
>> needed) and one that is the actual length.
>> o Obviously drop the first.
>>
>
> I think "m_arrayLength" is the capacity of the string.. you basically
> allocate a little more memory than you need, this saves you from
> allocating new memory every time you add a single character..
>
Remember, strings in .Net are immutable. That is: "a" + "b" results in 3
strings in memory: "a", "b" and "ab". The functionality you are talking
about belongs in the StringBuilder class. m_arrayLength = m_stringLength
+ 1, where the 1 is for the '\0' character at the end.
>> o The second is an Signed Int32. Why did they use signed ints?
>> Can anyone come up with a good argument for this? Maybe we
>> should use a UInt32 instead.
>>
>
> I can't imagine why you would need the sign bit...
>
Me Too!!! Probably Win32 interop once again.
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