Detailed Specification

6. Strings

    [Disagreement with ANS]

    6.4.4
    USING$
       If an exception provided in 10.4.5 occurs on USING$,
       the default handler does not report the unformatted
       representation of the value on the next line.
    MAXLEN(s$)
       returns 2147483647 if the length is not limited.

    [Implementation-defined]
    6.1.6
       The maximum physical line length depends on the Memo control of Kylix.
    6.2.4
       The maximum length of a string variable depends on the system resource and is at most 2147483647.
    6.2.4
       The initial value of a string variable is a null string.