D 2020-09-29T22:04:46.753
J icomment While\ssupport\sfor\stagged\spointers\swas\smerged\sin\s[](b4039f9a85),\sthey\sare\sonly\sbeing\sused\sby\sOFNumber\sand\sOFDate\sright\snow.\sIt\swould\sbe\snice\sto\salso\suse\sthem\sfor\sshort\sOFStrings.\sThis\srequires\sa\snew\sOFString\ssubclass.\r\n\r\nSince\smost\sshort\sstrings\swill\sbe\sASCII,\stagged\spointer\sstrings\scan\sbe\slimited\sto\sASCII\sstrings,\srequiring\sonly\s7\sbit\sper\scharacter.\sThis\swould\sallow\sstoring\sup\sto\s8\scharacters\sin\sa\stagged\spointer\son\s64\sbit\ssystems\s(even\swhen\sincreasing\sthe\stag\ssize\sto\sa\sfull\s8\sbits)\sand\sup\sto\s4\scharacters\son\s32\sbit\ssystems\s(but\sthe\stag\ssize\sneeds\sto\sstay\sat\sthe\scurrent\s4\sbits).
J login js
J milestone none
J mimetype text/x-markdown
J priority Medium
J severity Important
J status Open
J title Support\sfor\stagged\spointer\sstrings
J type Feature_Request
K 31d1e19cd93a9f6044a1125fb1e1f080db5bf21b
U js
Z 0bb9f7cf46d1786e17716ba0c268351e