Hi :)

Has someone tested the maximum size of a D string variable for both 32 and 64 bits platforms ? Is it different from the maximum size of a char[] ?

Oo`

-- JC

On 11/14/2013 02:10 AM, Jean Christophe wrote:

> Has someone tested the maximum size of a D string variable for both 32
> and 64 bits platforms ? Is it different from the maximum size of a char[] ?

Both string and char[] are implemented in the same way: a size_t for length and a pointer to data. (D arrays know their sizes.)

So, the theoretical limit for both are size_t, which is the equivalent of uint or ulong dependending on 32-bit versus 64-bit.

Ali

Than you Ali :0
I assume it is for UTF8 encoding.
That's quite large enough.

JC

On Thursday, 14 November 2013 at 11:50:28 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 11/14/2013 02:10 AM, Jean Christophe wrote:
>
> > Has someone tested the maximum size of a D string variable
> for both 32
> > and 64 bits platforms ? Is it different from the maximum size
> of a char[] ?
>
> Both string and char[] are implemented in the same way: a size_t for length and a pointer to data. (D arrays know their sizes.)
>
> So, the theoretical limit for both are size_t, which is the equivalent of uint or ulong dependending on 32-bit versus 64-bit.
>
> Ali