What is standard, and what isn't?_(re)

Wed, 30 Apr 1997 13:34:05 -0400

Peter Gerwinski wrote:

>Not too difficult:  Integer arrays can be treated by a simple byte
>compare; for string arrays the compiler must generate a loop.  

I thought that was a lot of work, but it seems I was wrong :-)

>> Certainly: see the examples in 6.8.4
>
>Thanks a lot!  I didn't find that.  Why wasn't there a single word 
>about
>this in 6.4.7, 6.4.8???

No idea. Just like a lot of other topics treatment is fairly sparse. We
need to have everything in one place. Maybe I should write an Extended
Pascal programmers book :-) 

>What about the following:
>
>  * Default mode (and Extended Pascal mode):  The length field cannot
>    be accessed (except with "length ( MyStr )".)
>
>  * With extended syntax (*$X+*):  The length field can be read- and
>    write-accessed.

I don't care, because I don't see the need for accessing the length field
directory, as long as it is not available in Extended Pascal mode :-)

Groetjes,

Berend.

Berend de Boer (berend@compuserve.com)