Hi all

Problem: Under BP, one can do; Var S:String; Count:Integer; .... Dec(S[0], Count);

This does not compile under GPC, but "Dec(Length(S), Count)" compiles, and seems to work okay.

Observation: This is an incompatbility b/w BP and GPC - probably because of the way strings are implemented under GPC.

Questions: 1. Is GPC ever going to support the BP syntax "Dec(S[0], Count);" ? 2. Is it desirable to do so ? (obviously this would entail changes to the internal GPC string format ???)

Best regards, The Chief -------- Dr. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) Email: laa12@keele.ac.uk Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/African_Chief/ Author of: Chief's Installer Pro 4.01 for Win16 and Win32: http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win3/install/chief401.zip