Hi, I'm having a problem where strings seem to get corrupted when they are returned as a CString from a module. It is certainly possible that this is a problem on my end as I may be illegally modifying strings in someway, as I am mixing EP string() type variables and CStrings, as well as using {$x+} features. Is there a good guide on how to use/convert the different string types? I know this code used to work with older versions of gpc -- trying to move my Pascal code from OS/2 to Linux (more on that in next message) caused me to find this. Anyways here is a sample run of the code included below: Main Loop: Hello there. In Module: Hello there. In Module(2): Hello there. After Module: x)@xY@ere. I replaced the high ASCII with an x to avoid mailer mangling. I'm using the latest version of gpc (compiled for gcc-2.95) available as a Debian package. It claims to be 19990610, but someone said that the latest snapshot misreports? -- so I think it is the latest version. If I'm wrong, sorry. The code follows below: foo.pas: Module FOO Interface; Export FOO = (twine); function twine(foobar : CString): CString; end. { Interface } Module FOO Implementation; type String25 = String(25); function twine; {$x+} var local : String25; begin writeln('In Module: ', foobar); writestr(local, foobar, chr(0)); writeln('In Module(2): ', local); twine := local; end; { twine } end. { FOO } test.pas: program test(input, output); import foo; var foobaz : Cstring; begin {$x+} foobaz := "Hello there."; writeln('Main Loop: ', foobaz); writeln('After Module: ', twine(foobaz)); end. Thanks, -Kevin -- Kevin A. Foss ---- kfoss@mint.net