[fpc-pascal] Constant strings can't be longer than 255 chars

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

2008/7/7 Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>:
>
> Because the scanner only handles shortstrings for speed reasons. You can
> construct longer strings by concatenating multiple shorter strings (they
> will be concatenated at compile time).
>
> someproc('this string can be 255 characters' + 'and this one as well');

Strange, but I don't know what the compiler everything does... So I
can live with your solution. :)  Thanks for the quick response.


Regards,
 - Graeme -


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