Re: [ooc-compiler] Choosing sufficiently long array for out parameter

[Michael v. A. <mic...@gm...>]

On 29/11/05, August Karlstrom <fus...@co...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The procedure GetText in Msg has the signature
>
>     PROCEDURE (msg: Msg) GetText(VAR text: ARRAY OF CHAR)
>
> How do I make sure the message fits in `text'?



Beforehand, you can't.  What you can do is check if the  result
maxes out the array, and call again with a larger array if this
is the case.  Repeat until not maxed out.  Not very elegant, I
know :-)

-- mva