2 Mar
2007
2 Mar
'07
1:40 p.m.
I'm considering adding support for differentiating between different width strings to the type system. This whould be useful in tracking down places where wide strings are passed where narrow strings are expected. The question is what the syntax should be. Please note that the syntax should aim at being 100% backward compatible, so adding new keywords is probably not a good idea.
My suggestion:
string(8) 8-bit (aka narrow) string(16) At most 16-bit wide string(32) At most 32-bit wide (default)
This would allow for the possible extension of
string(7) 7-bit (aka USASCII)
Comments?