Hi Michael,

I updated my fpcdocs repository from r625 (pre 2.4.0 release) to r634 (post 2.4.0 release), but still found a bug in documentation and missing information related to FPC 2.4.0

1) Wrong Information:
-----------[ ref.tex line 1340 ]------------------------- \subsection{WideStrings}
\index{Widestring}\index{Types!Widestring}\index{Types!Reference counted} \keywordlink{Widestring}
Widestrings (used to represent unicode character strings) are implemented in much
the same way as ansistrings: reference counted, null-terminated arrays, only they
are implemented as arrays of \var{WideChars} instead of regular \var{Chars}. ----------------------------------------------------------

WideString is not reference counted on all platforms. On Windows it is _not_ reference counted as far as I know. This is done to be compatible with COM string type behaviour.

2) Missing information:
Under "Character Types", there is no documentation on the new type "UnicodeString". To add to this, UnicodeString is exactly the same as WideString _except_ that it IS reference counted on all platforms.

Regards,
- Graeme -

It was already on my TODO list for 2.4 (together with resources), but I didn't get around to it.

Michael.

Michael Van Canneyt wrote

It was already on my TODO list for 2.4 (together with resources), but I didn't get around to it.

Thanks, I remember a while back you mentioned you had a documentation todo list for FPC 2.4 release - I assumed you completed the todo list as 2.4 is already released. With that, I thought I would mention the UnicodeString oversight. ;-)

Regards,
- Graeme -

If my todolist was a mountain, mount Everest would look like a mere mole heap in comparison.

Michael.