[fpc-pascal] PChar -> AnsiString -> PChar = memory leak?

[Henry Vermaak]

2009/10/29 Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>:
> On 29/10/2009, Mattias Gaertner <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:
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>> Text:=strnew(PChar(s));
>
> You read my mind. I was going to ask if it's ok to cast a PString to a PChar.
>
> Trying what you suggested, I get the following compiler error.
>
> project1.lpr(20,11) Error: Incompatible types: got "PString" expected "PChar"

This is probably dependant on compiler modes?

You may have to do it like this:

StrDispose(Text);
Text := StrAlloc(length(s) + 1);
StrPCopy(Text, s);

Henry