[Lazarus] Garbage writing to console

[Ondrej Pokorny]

On 23.02.2018 11:18, Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus wrote:
> Write and Writeln are pure compiler magic.
> Apparently if the string is CP_ACP, it is passed unchanged to Output,
> ignoring the DefaultSystemCodepage variable. Otherwise it converts the
> string to the console codepage. This allows to write arbitrary bytes.
> Maybe some compiler guru can confirm this.

Compiler gurus are reading fpc-devel :)

On 22.02.2018 22:26, Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus wrote:
 > It looks like writeln ignores the codepage for constant strings but 
checks it for "normal" strings. You should ask on fpc-devel list for 
details.

Ondrej