commit 0f2c3eff56ba25fee792146083a91c173023eeeb
parent dafe5b5bc6e34ac8344a55aace5c25cab2b9a17e
Author: alex wennerberg <alex@alexwennerberg.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 16:12:10 -0400
Add reference to "counted string"
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/doc/usage.txt b/fs/doc/usage.txt
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ Dusk has no DEC/HEX mode. Number literals are parsed using a prefix system.
## Strings
-A string is an address to an area in memory starting with a length byte followed
-by that many bytes. When we refer to a "string", we refer to that address. For
-example, this code will yield a "hello" string to PS (Parameter Stack):
+A string is an address to an area in memory starting with a length byte
+followed by that many bytes (also known as a "counted string"). When we refer
+to a "string", we refer to that address. For example, this code will yield a
+"hello" string to PS (Parameter Stack):
here 5 c, 'h' c, 'e' c, 'l' c, 'l' c, 'o' c,