Talk:System.SetString

Length Parameter

The explanation refers to the "Len" parameter rather than the "Length" parameter. Philip J. Rayment 15:51, 12 February 2012 (PST)

The problem was fixed. Thank you! -- Denisa Tibeica

Also works for AnsiString

The compiler also accepts

procedure SetString(var S: AnsiString; Buffer: PAnsiChar; Length: Integer); 

Davidmarcus 06:57, 18 March 2012 (PDT)

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Prior to Delphi 2009, PAnsiChar and PChar were both pointers to a AnsiChar. Now, they point to different things (AnsiChar and Char). For long term code compatibility with future versions, I would go with giving SetString a PChar parameter for Buffer.