[fpc-pascal] Strings

[Jeppe Græsdal Johansen]

Why not just skip all the encoding uncertainity of strings and use an 
array of byte/char?

It'll probably be a lot faster too

Den 16-07-2013 12:17, Carsten Bager skrev:
> Hi
> I have a question about dynamic strings and memory allocation.
> If you look at my example underneath, I depend on that a dynamic string always is assigned
> memory space in one connected block. But will that always be the case in various operating
> systems.
>
> Carsten
>
>
>
>
>
> Function Sum(p:pointer; len:LongInt):LongInt;
> Type
>    a_typ=array[0..pred(maxLongInt)] of byte;
>    a=^a_typ;
> var
>    i:LongInt;
> Begin
>    result:=0;
>    for i:=0 to len do
>      result:=result+a(p)^[i];
> End;
>
>
> Procedure test;
> Var
>    s:ansistring;
>    i:integer;
> Begin
>    s:='Something';
>    for i:=0 to 100000 do
>      s:=s+'Test';
>    if Sum(@s[1],length(s)) = 0 then
>      halt(0);
> End;
>
> Med venlig hilsen
> Carsten Bager
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