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echo: os2prog
to: Allan Mertner
from: Patrick Spence
date: 1996-11-03 11:00:00
subject: Turbo Pascal to OS/2

Allan Mertner Babbled about Turbo Pascal to OS/2 

 PS> Regardless of which one is doing what, do you know of a method I can use
 PS> to force VP to use 3 bytes for the size?

 AM> Yes, sets with this number of elements are 3 bytes if the definition
 AM> is  compiled in the {$Delphi-} state - as it is Borland Pascal.  In
 AM> Delphi, 3 byte  sets are 4 bytes in size and VP/2 also makes these sets
 AM> 4 bytes in the  {$Delphi+} state.

-THANK YOU-  ;)

I figured I was doing something a bit wrong... and as a side note VP 1.1 is
so far a rather great piece of software... ;)

 
 -- "Rev P. Spence" 
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|  'Cause Everything you think you know is wrong
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