[fpc-pascal] localization of constant strings

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Marc Santhoff wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> this does work:
>
> <--->
> resourcestring
> 	zet = 'Z';
> 	why = 'Y';
> const
> 	z: ansistring = '-z-';
> 	y: ansistring = why;
> </--->
>
> and this variant doesn't (Error: Illegal expression):
>
> <--->
> resourcestring
> 	zet = 'Z';
> 	why = 'Y';
> const
> 	columncount = 2;
> 	titles : ARRAY[0..columncount-1] OF  pgchar = (
> 				zet,
> 				why
> 			);
> </--->
>
> My problem is I'm using arrays of constant chars a lot in my program.
> How can I use them without losing the benefit of resourcestrings?

You cannot. A resource string is not a constant...

Michael.