[fpc-devel] Unicodestring branch, please test and help fixing

[Thaddy]

peter green schreef:
>
> I have just checked the manual and I don't see anything I can use to 
> make sure my custom type starts at a predictable state initially 
> (nessacery so they assignment operator can safely clean up before 
> making the assignment). Nor do I see anything to do automatic clean up 
> when the variable goes out of scope.
That's the point....
> You don't have to! With the java system the string type is immutable 
> anyway so there is no point in doing a deep copy.
>
Which is imo - in the case of Java, but especially in the case of c++ - 
proven to be no at very smart idea. You want both and you want them 
recognizable by the compiler....