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David Heffernan

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  1. But how do you break there if you disable debugging?
  2. Very bad idea to use the distance since that involves sqrt. Do the searching with sqr distance and only call sqrt when you have the closest point.
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    Shellexecute cmd.exe with spaces

    Surely you just call CreateProcess directly
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    Units design

    Out of the three options, the first two are fine, the last one is a terrible idea. Don't do it. You just create loads of extra work for no benefit.
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    Units design

    You aren't really naming the units with numeric suffices, surely. If you actually are doing that, put them all in the same unit.
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    Shellexecute cmd.exe with spaces

    Pointless to ask ShellExecute to create a cmd process to in turn create another process. Create the other process directly. This is the source of all your problems.
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    Strange thing in System.Generics.Defaults.pas

    Why not 10101010? Or 1010101010? Or 1010? Or 10?
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    IDE Fix pack for Rio

    Assuming that the integration of IDE Fix Pack doesn't address compiler performance. Which it might. Or might not. Easy enough to compare 10.2 and 10.3 rather than guessing.
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    IDE Fix pack for Rio

    You can't know that because IDE Fix Pack does not exist for Rio.
  10. @spwolf wix is what we use
  11. Does that do msi?
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    Strange thing in System.Generics.Defaults.pas

    That value is as good as any other value. It just has to adhere to the rule that the same value is returned every time when the same input value is supplied.
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    TEdit Android DecimalSeparator 10.2.3 VS 10.3

    No such thing as EU decimal behaviour. Different countries in the EU have different locale settings.
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    Releasing memory devoted to arrays

    It is my experience that ignoring such defects in your code in the interests of saving time costs you more time in the medium term. It is my experience that putting off investing in learning debugging skills in the interests of saving time costs you more time in the medium term. I understand that your boss might not appreciate that.
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    Releasing memory devoted to arrays

    This problem could readily be solved if you let us help you learn how to debug it.
  16. Perhaps I'm guilty of making assumptions. I presumed the RTTI was in a resource. Still always best to measure. FWIW I disable RTTI when I don't need it.
  17. Not really. The file is mapped into memory and then read from the disk when the virtual memory system encounters page faults. So if you don't use the RTTI it will never be read. Don't theorise about performance. Measure.
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    Releasing memory devoted to arrays

    Heap corruption in code we can't see. Make a minimal reproduction.
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    Delphi 10.3 TTimeSpan.GetScaledInterval Android

    Doesn't seem like that's a real solution.......
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    ScaleMM2 with MARS: +70% performance boost :-)

    The point is that faster memory allocation treats the symptom rather than the cause. Such a large boost in performance implies that memory allocation is dominating execution time, at least in this benchmark. That in turn implies that reducing the amount of memory allocation could give far greater boosts.
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    ScaleMM2 with MARS: +70% performance boost :-)

    Doesn't this suggest that reducing the amount of heap allocation would lead to much bigger gains?
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    Impact of debug dcus on performance

    My point is not that it's a 32/64 bit issue. My point is that it could be a difference in the way the C code is compiled.
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    Impact of debug dcus on performance

    Is it possible that the difference is due to the PCRE code being compiled with poor settings? Something similar to this: https://stackoverflow.com/q/27821277/505088
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    Impact of debug dcus on performance

    My understanding has always been that debug dcus are compiled with optimisations etc. and so there should be no performance difference. Can you provide a cut down program that demonstrates the issue?
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    Before you ask: GExperts for Delphi 10.3 is not ready

    Usually in this scenario one would prefer to get on with the job rather than spend time explaining the issues. I'm sure that if @dummzeuch would like some help he know how to ask.
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