Hi all,I have one question about the free pascal programming language: why limit string constant to 255?
write('a x 256');
would produce 'Error: Constant string can't be longer than 255 chars',with fpc 2.4.0 default/objfpc/delphi/tp model. But gnu pascal would compile this well.
On the other side,I see no meaning to limit constant string to 255 chars.Sometimes,I would need to construct some constant string longer than 255 chars,then I could only use the '+' operator,but it seems rather silly and inconvenient. (is there any other way to do this?please feel free to correct me).And there should be no compatibility problem with
the legacy code:they should compile well.
So why the limit?
regards.
jcyangzh.