[fpc-devel] new string - question on usage

[Michael Schnell]

On 10/13/2011 02:05 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>
>>  - assignment will do a conversion (at least if the target encoding 
>> ID is not zero.)
> ... conversion unless the target type is RawByteString, or has the 
> same encoding.
Paul did inform us that encoding ID = 0 in the target means no 
conversion but set the target's encoding ID to the source's encoding ID.
>
>
>>  - the conversion will not happen if the source encoding ID is "Raw"
>
> There is no "Raw" source ID.

The Delphi doc says "the RawByteString Type is type ANSIString($FFFF)".

So the RawByte encoding ID in fact is $FFFF (if FPC wants to be Delphi 
compatible in that behalf ).

-Michael