New GPC beta: gpc-971001_(re)

Mon, 13 Oct 1997 13:38:54 +0200

Peter Gerwinski wrote:

> > - One that always makes a copy on the stack and copies the string into it.
> >   That's the secure way, but inefficient with very long strings.
>
> Concerning CStrings?  You mean a switch?

It could also be a switch. But wouldn't it be "cleaner" to write it as a
function? "CStrFunc (Str2CStr (StrVar))" or so...

> > - One that allocates the memory on the heap. This is needed when the
> >   resulting CString is to be used outside of the current scope (when it's
> >   not only passed to a function).
> >
> > - One that copies the string in a buffer allocated by the programmer (this
> >   is perhaps only for compatibility with BP's StrPCopy).
>
> What functions do you mean?  Built-in replacements for BP's functions from
> the `Strings' Unit?

Of course, they could be external functions as well. It's no problem to
implement them in Pascal. But I think in the long run, all such standard
functions will be built-in.

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