DeQuotedString changes chars to 4 bytes each in mode -Mdelphiunicode
In this testprogram DeQuotedString changes chars to 4 bytes each in mode -Mdelphiunicode
```
program test5;
uses
cwstring, SysUtils;
procedure test;
var
s1: string;
begin
s1 := '1234';
s1 := s1.QuotedString;
writeln( Length(s1) ); // 6
s1 := s1.DeQuotedString;
writeln( Length(s1) ); // 8 in mode delphiunicode. Each char suddenly uses 4 bytes.
end;
begin
test
end.
```
on macOS with fpc-3.3.1 when compiled as follows
```
[M2:~/fpc-test/test5] administrator% /usr/local/lib/fpc/3.3.1/ppca64 -Mdelphiunicode -gl test5.pas
Free Pascal Compiler version 3.3.1 [2026/01/10] for aarch64
Copyright (c) 1993-2026 by Florian Klaempfl and others
Target OS: Darwin for AArch64
Compiling test5.pas
Assembling (pipe) test5.s
Linking test5
-macosx_version_min has been renamed to -macos_version_min
ld: warning: ignoring duplicate libraries: '-lc'
18 lines compiled, 0.1 sec, 557056 bytes code, 1277951 bytes data
[M2:~/fpc-test/test5] administrator% ./test5
6
8
```
If here we look at it with lldb
```
[M2:~/fpc-test/test5] administrator% lldb test5
(lldb) target create "test5"
Current executable set to '/Users/administrator/fpc-test/test5/test5' (arm64).
(lldb) b TEST
Breakpoint 1: where = test5`TEST + 60 at test5.pas:9:9, address = 0x000000010000438c
(lldb) run
Process 9048 launched: '/Users/administrator/fpc-test/test5/test5' (arm64)
Process 9048 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 1.1
frame #0: 0x000000010000438c test5`TEST at test5.pas:9:9
6 var
7 s1: string;
8 begin
-> 9 s1 := '1234';
10 s1 := s1.QuotedString;
11 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 6
12 s1 := s1.DeQuotedString;
Target 0: (test5) stopped.
warning: This version of LLDB has no plugin for the language "pascal83". Inspection of frame variables will be limited.
(lldb) p S1
(UNICODESTRING) 0x0000000000000000
(lldb) n
Process 9048 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = step over
frame #0: 0x00000001000043a0 test5`TEST at test5.pas:10:11
7 s1: string;
8 begin
9 s1 := '1234';
-> 10 s1 := s1.QuotedString;
11 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 6
12 s1 := s1.DeQuotedString;
13 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 8 in unicodertl mode!? Each char suddenly use 4 bytes.
Target 0: (test5) stopped.
(lldb) p S1[0]
(WIDECHAR) 49
(lldb) p S1[1]
(WIDECHAR) 50
(lldb) p S1[2]
(WIDECHAR) 51
(lldb) p S1[3]
(WIDECHAR) 52
(lldb) p S1[4]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) n
Process 9048 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = step over
frame #0: 0x00000001000043b8 test5`TEST at test5.pas:11:3
8 begin
9 s1 := '1234';
10 s1 := s1.QuotedString;
-> 11 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 6
12 s1 := s1.DeQuotedString;
13 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 8 in unicodertl mode!? Each char suddenly use 4 bytes.
14 end;
Target 0: (test5) stopped.
(lldb) p S1[0]
(WIDECHAR) 39
(lldb) p S1[1]
(WIDECHAR) 49
(lldb) p S1[2]
(WIDECHAR) 50
(lldb) p S1[3]
(WIDECHAR) 51
(lldb) p S1[4]
(WIDECHAR) 52
(lldb) p S1[5]
(WIDECHAR) 39
(lldb) p S1[6]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) n
6
Process 9048 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = step over
frame #0: 0x00000001000043ec test5`TEST at test5.pas:12:11
9 s1 := '1234';
10 s1 := s1.QuotedString;
11 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 6
-> 12 s1 := s1.DeQuotedString;
13 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 8 in unicodertl mode!? Each char suddenly use 4 bytes.
14 end;
15
Target 0: (test5) stopped.
(lldb) n
Process 9048 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = step over
frame #0: 0x0000000100004404 test5`TEST at test5.pas:13:3
10 s1 := s1.QuotedString;
11 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 6
12 s1 := s1.DeQuotedString;
-> 13 writeln( Length(s1) ); // 8 in unicodertl mode!? Each char suddenly use 4 bytes.
14 end;
15
16 begin
Target 0: (test5) stopped.
(lldb) p S1[0]
(WIDECHAR) 49
(lldb) p S1[1]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) p S1[2]
(WIDECHAR) 50
(lldb) p S1[3]]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) p S1[4]
(WIDECHAR) 51
(lldb) p S1[5]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) p S1[6]
(WIDECHAR) 52
(lldb) p S1[7]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) p S1[8]
(WIDECHAR) 0
(lldb) q
```
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