On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:16:48AM +0100, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > > all. Mapping this to different types dependend on compiler switches > > or whatever is a can of worms. I would prefer that one of the clear > > genuine string types is used directly. Lots of code is dependend on > > the string type. > > That's why you can set the mode for each unit or via a switch for > each package/project.
That could as well be to not break old code, not to signify they both still have a place. And I think shortstring should generally be discouraged. The standard is always "255 is enough", but sooner or later somebody hits it: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=15010 -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
