pointer to a string

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Exactly .

Fred - AlphaSND

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by horst.

Originally posted by fred

Exactly .

Now I know what confused me:

*B.BLAH actually is not a pointer, but a structured data object,
like ANY.BLAH, however, mapped on existing data through a pointer.

A string is also a data object with a pointer, but we still call it
a string, not a pointer.
The fact that we must supply a memory address for the "mapped" object
does not mean that the object is a pointer.

So, the asterisk in this case actually stands for "mapped object",
not for "pointer".


Horst

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by TronDoc.

Originally posted by DaniloIf every string would have its own memory address, the strings would also be unlimited in size - like in all other languages.

:):)most languages I've uses impose a limit on string length. I know this is not an answer to the question nor part of the debate; but I just found this comment odd. Joe

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.

TronDoc:
Ok, so strings in PB should stay limited to 64k - because
you used the wrong languages ?? (dont take it too seriously )

IMHO, a string in Win32 is limited to 2GB in size.
Thats theoretically and i´ve never seen a code using
such big strings, but "small" sizes like 10MB are not
a problem in any language i work with.
ASM and C for example (i just decited 1 week ago that
i will learn C and C++ now, and my compiler of choice
doesnt have such limits like 64k).

I´m talking about Win32, not RealMode DOS..

...and of course there is no "unlimited" because
the first limit is: 4GB max for x86-32-PCs, but
user applications limited to 2GB in Win32
(if this hasent changed with latest windows).
Second limit: Available mem (incl. swap space)
that my app can allocate.
This are hardware and OS limits, not limits
somebody wanted to build into a compiler.

What are the limited languages you use ??

cya,
...Danilo

(registered PureBasic user)

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by TronDoc.

Originally posted by Danilo

TronDoc:
Ok, so strings in PB should stay limited to 64k - because
you used the wrong languages ?? (dont take it too seriously )
....I´m talking about Win32, not RealMode DOS..
....cya,...Danilo...(registered PureBasic user)

ASIC (DOS) LOL - I still use it. Joe

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