Re: New Rule Suggestion

Hi Dennis,

> I would like us to discuss a new rule.
>
> "A function returning a string as result must allocate enough memory
for
> that string and not more"
>
> I think that is a bad idead to allocate to much memory for strings and
just
> setting the Length variable short.

Borland votes "No" (see NewAnsiString).

This function rounds size up to full word.

My new UpperCase & LowerCase functions
round size up to full dword.

Is there big differnce?
There is no difference, because all existing MMs
allocate memory by dwords.

--
regards
Aleksandr


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