Re: URL lengths

On 27 Nov, John Williams wrote in message
<56a1b699dcJohnRW@ukgateway.net>:

> In article <0612b1a156.gavin@wra1th.plus.com>,
> Gavin Wraith <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > I would DIM buffers for URLs from the heap as you need them.
>
> So you're suggesting that I measure each URL length first, perhaps
> BGETting it until I encounter a terminator, and then DIM a variable
> accordingly - or, actually, a series of concatenating variables as I
> intend to BPUT them later; so I don't really need to have a long variable,
> just a series of suitable GET variables.

Allocating the necessary memory is the correct way to do it, yes.

> A number would be easier! How many?

As long as the URL is? My memory is that the RISC OS GUI might apply some
limits, but that the core probably doesn't.

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