[fpc-devel] Some thoughts on multi-line string support, and a possible syntax that I think is perfectly clean and Pascal-ish.

[J. Gareth Moreton]

If someone has reported it, then it's not impossible.  Granted, a 
reproducible case helps here, along with any configuration settings.

Gareth aka. Kit

On 06/07/2019 03:46, Ben Grasset wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 10:37 PM Ryan Joseph <genericptr at gmail.com 
> <mailto:genericptr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     String constant too long while ansistrings are disabled
>
>     Regards,
>             Ryan Joseph
>
>
> Getting that with "var SomeString: AnsiString = " should be (and is) 
> impossible at all times.
>
> Getting that with "var SomeString: String = "  only *maybe* should be 
> (but is regardless) impossible at all times.
>
> Getting that with "const SomeString = " when in {$H-} is expected at 
> all times.
>
> Getting that with "const SomeString = " when in {$H+} should be (and 
> is) impossible at all times.
>
> Typed constants / variables and untyped constants are *not* the same 
> thing.
>
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