ShortStr_(re)

Thu, 1 May 1997 04:34:20 -0400



"Kim Robert Blix" wrote:

>When it comes to compability on the issue of strings, would'nt it be 
>natural to call the short string version just "string" and the long 
>one "longstr", instead of the other way around? 

I think natural should mean the one with the least restrictions. Integers
are 32-bit, not 16-bit, strings are unlimited, instead of limited, etc,
etc.

And this is more compatible with Delphi 2.


Groetjes,

Berend.


Berend de Boer (berend@compuserve.com)

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