On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 6:46 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
> A case for ternary computing is not really a bad idea ;)
>
> On 21-7-2014 21:42, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>
>> Dmitry Boyarintsev schrieb:
>>
>> How about introducing a default parameter?
>>> The parameter keeps the method backward compatible, allowing write a
>>> string without the prefix.
>>>
>>> public procedure TStream.WriteAnsiString(
>>> const S: string;
>>> withLength: Boolean = true;
>>>
>>
>> How should a string without a length be read back?
>>
>> DoDi
>>
>> I didn't see DoDi's email anywhere in the thread, though it seems like
there're two threads anyway:
"Re: [fpc-devel] Method for write string into TStream" and "[fpc-devel]
Method for write string into TStream"
Anyways, answering DoDi's question.
It definitely won't be able to read a string without a size, but it doesn't
mean that the string size should immediately precede the string content.
So maybe a modification like this could help
procedure TStream.ReadAnsiString(knownsize: Integer=-1)
if knownsize<0 then
TheSize := ...readsize
else
TheSize := knownsize
thanks,
Dmitry
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