From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: Strings Fixed, Bounded, and Counted. Performance Inquiry.
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:46:46 GMT
Date: 2003-10-25T00:46:46+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <pan.2003.10.24.20.24.13.318562.974@nospam.net>
Freejack wrote:
> i.e. The first element of the String is a number indicating the length of
> the string. No null terminators needed.
> A bit more flexible than Fixed strings, a heck of a lot faster than Null
> terminated strings. Not sure how they stack up to Bounded strings.
How would you implement Bounded_String? I think you'll find it's what
you're calling a counted string.
--
Jeff Carter
"We use a large, vibrating egg."
Annie Hall
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2003-10-24 20:18 Strings Fixed, Bounded, and Counted. Performance Inquiry Freejack
2003-10-24 20:28 ` Marin David Condic
2003-10-25 0:46 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2003-10-25 21:24 ` Marin David Condic
2003-10-27 17:18 ` Stephen Leake
2003-10-27 19:15 ` Freejack
2003-10-27 19:31 ` Stephen Leake
2003-11-02 10:42 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
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