Lars Fosdal

@PeaShooter_OMO 11.0 to 11.3 is definitively worth it. Tired of code completion issues and Ctrl+click navigation not working? Lots of IDE fixes to be had. I personally prefer to uninstall all libs and plugins, then uninstall the IDE, and clean folders and clean registry before installing 11.3. Tip: If you are comfortable with .reg files - backup the old registry branch to yank out and reapply f.x. custom syntax highlighting settings afterwards.

@PeaShooter_OMO Which version are you on now? Which platforms are you using? We went from 10.4 to 11.1, and now to 11.3 - doing mostly Windows development. IMO, it was worth it.

Well, if you work with databases, everything else feels fast 😛

In Norway, Delphi developer salaries are relatively high compared to others - but I guess that is connected to the seniority of the average Delphi devs - We've been around for a long time 😛

Delphi is not dead, but a niche language. It is great for many uses, easy to learn, has readable code, and is nice for the hobbyist or for doing inhouse tools. However, if you intend to make a living doing software development and easily find employment, learn C#, Java, TypeScript and SQL. C++ if you want to do games. C if you want to do embedded.

@Miguel Moreno - I have an XSD schema that the XMLMapper doesn't like. Should I create an entry in Quality Portal? When I try to select the entire structure, I get multiple of these. The document also has more than one root - which seems to be handled.

No, not really. Very little Delphi work these days, as I am trying to get my head around an ERP system and all its wrinkles.

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-11-3-alexandria-patch-1-available/ Edit: Corrected the link

It clearly tells you that a string is an array of characters. That should give you some ideas?

https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Alexandria/en/System.UnicodeString

But - there are other uses than generating code - namely analyzing it. https://betterprogramming.pub/i-used-gpt-3-to-find-213-security-vulnerabilities-in-a-single-codebase-cc3870ba9411

Add MemoResults -> Clear() at the beginning of your code. I recommend looking up the online help for the VCL components to learn about their capabilities.

looks a bit fishy...

That is the problem with ChatGPT. It cannot be relied on.

Is there an EditResults -> Lines -> Add method?

ASM is pretty much straight ASM32 or ASM64.

Deviating slightly from the original topic: I wonder when green computing will become a part of education and business, i.e. writing code / designing libs that are less expensive in the context of power consumption.

The configurations inherit values - can it be that your release version of the "failing" app has an override?

@David Schwartz - You wouldn't happen to have an original file uploaded as an attachment to a post here, so that we can try some conversions?

Another man's struggles with AI generated code. https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/110139794125541730

Wouldn't converting the chars to Unicode solve that problem? All strings in modern Delphi components are using Unicode. I don't understand why you don't want to handle the text as what it is. Once you have the text as Unicode, you also get all the nice TCharHelper functions to understand what kind of character you are looking at, in case you want to do more manipulations. A lot better and more robust than string replacements.

@David Schwartz - This looks like MBCS encoding - the old ANSI multibyte character set encoding scheme in Windows. The ANSI routines should be capable of converting the strings to Unicode, but they depend on knowing the appropriate code page. https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Alexandria/en/Commonly_Used_Routines_for_AnsiStrings

I tried accessing that page, same problem.

I have a MBP M1 Pro 32/2Tb, but if was buying a Mini, I would personally go for the M2 24GB/2TB. You can't expand later, so hence go for the max for that config. You can go bigger with the M2 Pro - but then it gets quite expensive, quite quick. I am not near my Mac atm, so I can't say how large the VM is. It depends a lot on what you install..

Before DelphiLSP, I used the OmniPascal extension in VS Code. I've not tried the one you linked.