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''In SM, buffer allocations are not exact, but on certain boundaries (16 bytes?), leaving spare room at the end, so appends are possible. When appended, a new String instance is created that shares its buffer with the original instance, just longer. This technique would inhibit the use of 0x00 string terminators.'' | ''In SM, buffer allocations are not exact, but on certain boundaries (16 bytes?), leaving spare room at the end, so appends are possible. When appended, a new String instance is created that shares its buffer with the original instance, just longer. This technique would inhibit the use of 0x00 string terminators.'' | ||
''How are strings constants passed in to the engine? I assume that they are part of the .abc image, so it should be assumed that they are UTF-8?'' | |||
Getting a substring also flattens the source string. The substring is an instance that contains a pointer to the source string, and pointer to the start of the source string buffer. The length field contains the string length. This string is already flat, although it contains a reference to another string. It may be desirable to have a separate flattening function for this case. | Getting a substring also flattens the source string. The substring is an instance that contains a pointer to the source string, and pointer to the start of the source string buffer. The length field contains the string length. This string is already flat, although it contains a reference to another string. It may be desirable to have a separate flattening function for this case. | ||