[fpc-devel] SizeOf( const typcasted as shortstring)

[Dmitry Boyarintsev]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 5:24 AM Sven Barth via fpc-devel <
fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

> It's odd that such expression compiles w/o any warnings or notes. (i.e.
>> "ignoring typecasting for constant value expressions")
>>
>
> Support for typecasts in untyped constants is by design and sometimes
> required, e.g. for unsigned 64-Bit values.
>
> Does it mean, that in case of ShortString casting the value of the
constant string should be extended up to 255 (256?) characters?

thanks,
Dmitry
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