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|    Shaun Buzza to Black Panther    |
|    Re: MPL Strings    |
|    25 Mar 22 22:55:32    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:229/110 db83afe1       REPLY: 1:317/3 623e47a9       TZUTC: -0400        BP> Just a quick question for you. I know that strings in MPL are 255        BP> characters, but is there a way to have a string that is longer?        BP>         BP> The reason I'm asking, is I wrote a function that will take a text        BP> string, and wrap the text to the users terminal size. The problem I'm        BP> running into, is with the larger screen sizes, 255 characters isn't much        BP> longer than the screen.        BP>         BP> Would it be possible to have something like an ansistring in MPL, or        BP> would that cause issues with the memory limits of MPL?              Isn't 255 the limit for string size in all versions of Pascal? Yeah, I know       MPL isn't exactly Passcal, but I would assume that it is constrained by the       limits of Pascal itself...              McDoob       SysOp, PiBBS       pibbs.sytes.net              ... Message encrypted: Press ALT-F4 to read encoded message              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)        * Origin: PiBBS (1:229/110)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/305 330       SEEN-BY: 129/331 153/7715 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 424 426 428 452 550 664 700 240/5832 266/512 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848       PATH: 229/110 426           |
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