[Gambas-user] [Fwd: Gambas3 Pointers example] signal #6

[Jussi Lahtinen]

Hah! OK, I didn't guess there would be so detailed information!
So, I think this is OK then!

Jussi


2011/1/11 Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>

> > > if i use
> > > s=Str@(pPointer)
> > >
> > > this means
> > > address1=adress2 ?
> >
> > Kind of... even this doesn't change the situation:
> >
> > sTmp = Str@(pPointer)
> > s = sTmp
> >
> > I'm not sure this is good thing, may cause weird bugs and confusion!
> > I think this is because strings are objects in Gambas...
> > maybe Str@() should do internal copy of data, instead of association
> > object1 = object2?
> >
> > What do you think Benoit?
> >
> > Jussi
>
> That both of you should read the wiki page about String@ (or Str@ or
> StrPtr).
> :-)
>
> It returns a constant string. A constant string is just a pointer (and a
> length), no data is copied or allocated. String@ assumes that the pointer
> points at constant data that will not change.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini
>
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