Re: A86: Re: Size of programs


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Re: A86: Re: Size of programs




In a message dated 12/13/99 14:50:28 Eastern Standard Time, 
ComAsYuAre@aol.com writes:

> In a message dated 12/13/99 10:01:45 Eastern Standard Time, 
>  croop@oregontrail.net writes:
>  
>  > >You have to add [some constant] + the length of the name. I think
>  >  
>  >  That [some constant] is the size of the VAT entry when you take out the
>  >  name, right?
>  
>  I'm pretty sure it's 8 + the length of the name.


3 byte pointer + type byte + length byte + name + folder byte + size word at 
beginning of program/string.

For constant-sized vars (such as pics or reals), it would be 6 + name since 
there's no size word.


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Jonah Cohen
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