Re: Fastcode Voting - IntToStr Result Length Rule

> Let us vote for a rule regarding the length of the result string in
> IntToStr
>
> 1) Result Length must be the exact length of the result eg Result :=
> 'ABC' + #0 => Length(Result) = 4.
> 2) Use global rule
> 3) Allow Length(Result) to be the max length of the result always eg.
> Length(Result) = 11 always.
>
> Please rephrase the rule suggestions and vote.

Since i think it's good to use consistent rules i vote for (2). Option
(1) is more strict than needed. Option (3) potentially wastes memory
and may not be acceptable for Borland (if i knew it were acceptable i
would vote for it BTW).

I think adding an extra challenge like Aleks suggested is a bad idea.
Even though it's easy to implement this is the B&V people shouldn't
have to choose; Fastcode should provide the fasted function (according
to our benchmark) that does the specified job within the specified
constraints.

Current results (with the new wordings; voters please correct me if i'm
wrong):

1) Allocate result string of needed length exactly.

2) Allocate result string of length according our global rule and then
correct length to valid value

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Dennis

3) Always allocate result string of length 11 and then correct length
to
valid value

Dave
Eric
Pierre

4) Different challenges for rules 2 and 3

Aleksander
.

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