Wednesday April 08 1998 22:55, Christian Iversen wrote to Brian McCloud:
 BM> RL>> Film_record = record
[...]
 RL>>>             end;
 BM>> I hope you realize this record is 2560 bytes long...
 CI> No, It's 20 bytes long.
Nada.
 CI> If all strings are empty of course.
Means nothing.
 CI> Pascal only saves needed info.
Try this simple program;
Program Worthless;
Type
  Film_record = record
    film_title,
    Director_forename,
    Director_surname,
    Performer_forename1,
    Performer_surname1,
    Performer_forename2,
    Performer_surname2,
    Keyword1,
    keyword2,
    keyword3 :string;
  end;
var
  Blah: Film_Record;
begin
  Blah.film_title := '';
  Blah.Director_forename := '';
  Blah.Director_surname := '';
  Blah.Performer_forename1 := '';
  Blah.Performer_surname1 := '';
  Blah.Performer_forename2 := '';
  Blah.Performer_surname2 := '';
  Blah.Keyword1 := '';
  Blah.keyword2 := '';
  Blah.keyword3 := '';
  WriteLn(SizeOf(Blah));
  ReadLn;
end.
and you should see nothing more than;
2560
on the screen.
Stewart Honsberger,
  blackdeath@tinys.oix.com
... Those without heads do not need hats.
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