allow the short string optimization to store one more character
The `ShortString` can represent zero-terminated strings up to `MaxSize` chars (excluding the terminating zero) and store a value to determine the length of the contained string in the last character `str[LenPos]` by storing `MaxSize - length` there. If the string to store has the maximal length of `MaxSize` (excluding the terminating zero) then `str[LenPos]` will store `0` and therefore act as the string terminator as well. For getting the string length back from that value just use `MaxSize - str[LenPos]`. This allows to store `11`-chars strings in 32-bit mode and `15`-chars strings in 64-bit mode inline (for `UTF8`-encoded strings).
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