Am 19.08.2006 um 19:25 schrieb Martin Kuball:

What is the preferred version to get the pointer to the first indexable field of an indexable object: dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy firstIndexableField: string. or dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy arrayValueOf: string.

Depends. #arrayValueOf: works only for non-pointer objects, but is faster. #firstIndexableField: handles everything, including mixed fixed/indexable field object formats.

- Bert -

Am 19.08.2006 um 21:19 schrieb Martin Kuball:

Am Saturday, 19. August 2006 19:56 schrieb Bert Freudenberg:

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Am 19.08.2006 um 19:25 schrieb Martin Kuball:

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What is the preferred version to get the pointer to the first indexable field of an indexable object: dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy firstIndexableField: string. or dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy arrayValueOf: string.

Depends. #arrayValueOf: works only for non-pointer objects, but is faster. #firstIndexableField: handles everything, including mixed fixed/indexable field object formats.

So for objects of class String or ByteArray I could use the first one and for objects of class Array I would use the second one?

Yes.

- Bert -