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Originally Posted by Arkarr Why 'char' instend of String ?

The reason is alluded to in the post, but it's worth clarifying. In normal type systems, the concept of a "string" is a data type in and of itself. For example:

PHP Code:

string x = "hello!"; 


In Pawn, it is:

PHP Code:

String:x[] = "hello1"; 


Here, "String" is really a storage modifier affecting how the array is allocated. It's not actually a string - it's just telling the array that it's an array of characters. It looks like a string, but it's a hack. Long-term we want to provide a true string type. It's important that we begin to eliminate the concept of String: ahead of time, to eliminate any confusion. char may be unfamiliar but it's much more true to what's actually going on.

I myself look forward to a point in time when we have API calls like this:

PHP Code:

native string GetClientName(int client);