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Arne Döring
2016-08-13 12:29:36 +02:00
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@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ i-th *unichar*. The iterator ``runes`` from the `unicode module
cstring type
------------
The ``cstring`` type represents a pointer to a zero-terminated char array
The ``cstring`` type meaning `compatible string` is the native representation
of a string for the compilation backend. For the C backend the ``cstring`` type
represents a pointer to a zero-terminated char array
compatible to the type ``char*`` in Ansi C. Its primary purpose lies in easy
interfacing with C. The index operation ``s[i]`` means the i-th *char* of
``s``; however no bounds checking for ``cstring`` is performed making the
@@ -421,7 +424,6 @@ string from a cstring:
var cstr: cstring = str
var newstr: string = $cstr
Structured types
----------------
A variable of a structured type can hold multiple values at the same