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Re: WritePString weirdness...

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Subject: Re: WritePString weirdness...
From: Joe Strout <joe at inspiringapps dot com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:57:04 -0600
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On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Arnaud Nicolet wrote:

> Why not WritePStringWithEncoding and ReadPStringWithEncoding that
> writes/reads like a PString with, additionally, a byte for the  
> encoding?

Because who wants a string reading/writing method that's limited to  
255 bytes?

>> Sure you can: string.Encoding gives you exactly that.
>
> Yes it does, but what do you do with the result to save it and
> retrieve it?

Write out its .Code value, and upon reading, call  
Encodings.GetFromCode.  (Which appears to be undocumented, but this  
is nothing more than an omission in the documentation; GetFromCode  
was certainly an intentional feature and has always worked fine.   
It's probably in the release notes somewhere around 5.0.)

Best,
- Joe

--
Joe Strout
Inspiring Applications, Inc.
http://www.InspiringApps.com



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