tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post8669110668891284884..comments2024-03-10T12:04:17.661-07:00Comments on The Oracle at Delphi: Requiem for the {$STRINGCHECKS xx} directive…Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119008505905401707noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-53445053862567588312010-01-26T04:42:15.000-08:002010-01-26T04:42:15.000-08:00Fulcrum? It reminds me of the Mig-29. A decent, bu...Fulcrum? It reminds me of the Mig-29. A decent, but not successful airplane. One of the "best airplane to protect your control tower" category. And because the much more powerful Su-27 Flanker was available also. Good luck. Hope it won't be "the best IDE to write applications for your own computer".Capt. Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-10970176373427811842010-01-26T04:56:06.000-08:002010-01-26T04:56:06.000-08:00@Capt.Fulcrum: the pivot about which a lever turns...@Capt.<br><br>Fulcrum: the pivot about which a lever turns.<br><br>It's about leveraging the existing product and codebase.Allen Bauerhttp://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-14029747313476945872010-01-26T16:55:27.000-08:002010-01-26T16:55:27.000-08:00May I assume that you won't release any furthe...May I assume that you won't release any further updates for D2009/D0201 which have this directive dropped out of source/binary, correct?<br><br>MichaelMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-59153356407436328012010-01-26T20:20:07.000-08:002010-01-26T20:20:07.000-08:00LOL,just noticed I've written D0201 - should r...LOL,<br><br>just noticed I've written D0201 - should read D2010 of course ;-)Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-53738800303648680762010-01-26T18:35:57.000-08:002010-01-26T18:35:57.000-08:00@Michael and @Allen:It would be nice to have the c...@Michael and @Allen:<br>It would be nice to have the choice - an optional service pack/hotfix to remove STRINGCHECKS of rtl/vcl to D2010, at least.Fabricionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-14416973931488937432010-01-26T18:48:49.000-08:002010-01-26T18:48:49.000-08:00Cross compilation for Mac and Linux? Please elabor...Cross compilation for Mac and Linux? Please elaborate.<br><br>Also, 64bit when?Anders E. Andersennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-66577606650502646822010-01-27T13:30:15.000-08:002010-01-27T13:30:15.000-08:00I second the proposal to deliver an optional RTL -...I second the proposal to deliver an optional RTL - at least dcu if non packages, compiled with stringchecks disabled - for those needing high string perfomance.Luigi D. Sandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-26380505618328952062010-01-27T01:28:39.000-08:002010-01-27T01:28:39.000-08:00Hi Allen,that's a good and wise decision not t...Hi Allen,<br><br>that's a good and wise decision not to keep those intermediate adjustments. They just did what they had been needed for, as long as needed.<br><br>Cheers,<br>ArvidArvid Winkelsdorfhttp://blog.digivendo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-57633850089393242502010-01-26T03:23:31.000-08:002010-01-26T03:23:31.000-08:00Wise decision (I mean having it first and cutting ...Wise decision (I mean having it first and cutting it now), the important bit is you'll compile the RTL and VCL packages without it (as we could already remove it from our code). RIght?Marco Cantu\'http://blog.marcocantu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-767309033191861012010-01-26T03:35:19.000-08:002010-01-26T03:35:19.000-08:00@Marco, Correct. We've also removed all the e...@Marco,<br><br> Correct. We've also removed all the explicit checks and conversions from all the internal compiler helper functions.Allen Bauerhttp://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-11329734046026756332010-01-26T04:09:57.000-08:002010-01-26T04:09:57.000-08:00This is a technical question for personal interest...This is a technical question for personal interest.<br><br>Can you not tell the difference between a unicode string pointer and an ansi string pointer at run time by checking the char/element size?<br><br>I'm assuming that UnicodeString based strings have an element size of 2, AnisStrings have an element size of 1. <br><br>If you need to know if it is UTF8, those have a particular code page.<br><br>Or have I misunderstood something?Xepolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-49423052892495720382010-01-26T07:29:19.000-08:002010-01-26T07:29:19.000-08:00Glad to see you're shedding this for Fulcrum. ...Glad to see you're shedding this for Fulcrum. I can already hear the rejoicings from Andreas Hausladen... ;)Mason Wheelerhttp://tech.turbu-rpg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-73266878591380619082010-01-29T13:46:38.000-08:002010-01-29T13:46:38.000-08:00Does this mean we will not see x64 in Fulcrum?Does this mean we will not see x64 in Fulcrum?Remkohttp://www.remkoweijnen.nl/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-3948569023192310142012-01-30T05:55:40.000-08:002012-01-30T05:55:40.000-08:00Personally I would have liked to have seen Unicode...Personally I would have liked to have seen UnicodeString::t_str() continue to return const char*, because I just today installed a version of C++Builder newer than C++Builder 6 (circa 2002) and have never worked with Unicode strings before and am having a HELL of a time figuring out how to transfer strings back and forth among APIs that each want a different type: the Caption property of a VCL component now is a UnicodeString, and I need to pass its content to the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression engine which (as far as I know) still uses char*. This was easy with AnsiStrings that used char* under the hood, but how do I do it NOW?Chris Chiesanoreply@blogger.com