[fpc-pascal] more questions on storage

[Marc Santhoff]

Am Mittwoch, den 26.09.2007, 09:30 +0200 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
> 
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Marc Santhoff wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > having this definition:
> > 
> > 
> > {$mode objfpc}
> > {$longstrings on}
> > type
> > 	cmpstr = record
> > 		ID: integer;
> > 		Name: string;
> > 		Value: single;
> > 	end;
> > 
> > var
> > 	buf: array [0..MAX] of cmpstr;
> > 
> > How does the memory layout of the buffer look like?
> > 
> > I tried to get there with ddd but I couln't find out how the string
> > inbetween is put into memory. For atomic types (integer, single) it's
> > pretty clear, but longstrings do have a variable size. How is the buffer
> > set up?
> 
> Longstrings are not working correctly. You should use ansistrings or
> shortstrings.

Okay, good to know. Besides I'm using fpc 2.0.4, what is it that's not
working?

And back to the original question: how is the memory layout using
AnsiString then?

Thanks,
Marc