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Why 255?
« on: June 03, 2008, 02:39:47 AM »
What technical reason governs the max length of string variables? Can variables in 4.0 contain larger values?
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Re: Why 255?
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2008, 08:19:13 AM »
FutureBASIC uses Pascal strings for it's string variables. They are limited to 255 characters. GameMaker v4.0 will not have this limit.

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Re: Why 255?
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2008, 08:50:26 AM »
Will it have a limit at all?
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