[fpc-pascal] Pchar from constant string

[Hairy Pixels]

> On Jun 29, 2023, at 9:31 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes, it is:
> 
> ---
> _$PROGRAM$_Ld1:
> # [4] p := '123';
>        .ascii  "123\000"
> .Le11:
> ---
> 
> Just as it is for a shortstring and ansistring:
> ---
> # [6] s:='456';
>        .ascii  "\003456\000"
> .Le12:
>        .size   _$PROGRAM$_Ld2, .Le12 - _$PROGRAM$_Ld2

That's why that worked. Hmm with short strings the null terminator could be truncated when copying right? Something to look out for.

Regards,
Ryan Joseph