[BRLTTY] Low-level BrlAPI questions

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Tue May 11 11:24:26 EDT 2021


Aura Kelloniemi, le mar. 11 mai 2021 18:18:56 +0300, a ecrit:
> Now my question is: why is .count set to 0 and .isArray to false for string
> parameterss, even though strings are arrays of characters. Shouldn't arrays of
> char and int get the same handling?

If they were really an array like BRLAPI_PARAM_RENDERED_CELLS, i.e.
indexed by something, yes. But strings are really a series of characters
that all go together, and bindings will usually completely distinguish
that from real arrays of characters.

Samuel


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