[fpc-pascal] Set size limit

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Ewald wrote:
> Once upon a time, Mark Morgan Lloyd said:
>> No, because the elements in a set are dictated by their position. A
>> set that can contain anything between 0 and 256 elements occupies 8
>> bytes in memory with the (bit representing the) 0 element at one end
>> and the (bit representing the) 256 element at the other, a set to
>> contain up to (say) 257 elements would require more space and that's
>> not supported.
>>
> Probably a typo, but 8 bit * 8 bytes = 64 elements. So I suppose you
> mean `[...] occupies 32 bytes in memory [...]`?
> 
> Just so nobody gets confused :-)

Definitely a typo, or rather the fingers running ahead of the brain. I 
was thinking of various compilers I'd come across that ordered things 
differently and how best to not imply that [0] invariably mapped onto $0001.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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