[Lazarus] strcat problem

[Sven Barth]

Am 23.06.2016 21:41 schrieb "David W Noon" <david.w.noon at googlemail.com>:
> > Op 23-06-16 om 16:58 schreef David W Noon:
> >> [snip]
> >>> cTekst:=#13'Now is the winter of our discontent'#13;
> >>
> >> You need a trailing #0 byte on the end.
> >>
> >
> > The definition of cTekst : var cTekst : PChar;
> >
> > So the compiler knows cTekst is a 0-terminated string doesn't, it
> > ?
>
> The cTekst variable is actually a pointer.
>
> It's the string literal that needs the trailing NUL byte.

The compiler guarantees that constant strings are NUL terminated. This is
needed for easy conversion to PChar.

Regards,
Sven
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