[fpc-pascal] Strings - suggestions

[dev.dliw at gmail.com]

Hi,
thx, got it...

> There will always be conversion if
> 1) a unit specifies a string type by itself.
> 2) the unit comes in compiled form.

One more question:
If a particular unit (maybe 3rd party) does not define its string type, what 
string type is used:
(a) the type defined in project,
(b) a fpc default type?

In other words, can I force *all* sources in my project to use the same string 
type, provided that I know, they don't do direct access?

The wiki says [http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_Unicode_support], that
- shortstring
- ansistring
- widestring
- utf8string
- utf16string
- utf32string
- ucs2string (?)
- ucs4string (?)
may be supported.

So in future I will be able to define any of these for my source (and switch 
between them), without changing code?
Thus:
Any function with "string" as param will be "automatically" overloaded for all 
supported string types?

d.l.i.w