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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Exactly .

Fred - AlphaSND

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

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

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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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