[fpc-pascal] Warning not to use the "String" type with FPC 3.x

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> I really think the FPC team should make it blatantly clear that the
> usage of the aliased "String" type should not be used any more with FPC
> 3.x.  It turn I think major alarm bells should start ringing when
> AnsiString type is used too.
> 
> Both are fraught with dangers of loosing data.

That's a big claim, and I suggest it could do wit a bit more precision.

What, /exactly/, are you saying can be lost, and under what circumstances?

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