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Hi,
Is SetLength(StringVar, 0); faster than StringVar := ''; ?
I see quite a bit of code in fpdoc use SetLength() rather than := ''
so I just wondered...Regards,
- Graeme -
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fpdoc was implemented in a time that ansistrings were still buggy. That's why setlength was used.
Michael.
Is SetLength(StringVar, 0); faster than StringVar := ''; ? I see quite a…
Op Fri, 9 Nov 2007, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:
As far as I know the compiler has code to detect :='' and optimize it. So
it should not matter.Daniël