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This adds support for a
String
DataType
.The EPICS backend creates
longString{In,Out}
records andText{Read,Write}
widgets forString
s.Up for discussion whether we want to use
stringin
andstringout
records in some circumstances. My current thinking is we just use long strings for everything and then we never have to worry about character limits. I don't think there are any downsides to this.