[fpc-pascal] string vs char

[Ralf Quint]

On 10/15/2021 3:16 PM, Ched via fpc-pascal wrote:
> Well, well, understand.
>
>> OTOH, declaring a string of length 1 is sort of futile -- it uses
>> two bytes where a plain char declaration takes just one byte.
>
> Not so futile as a string can be empty, not a char ! 

Well, if you don't like it being called "futile, just call it "nonsense" 
instead (in 99.99% of all possible use cases)

Ralf



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