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There are two new undocumented procedure directives in the Delphi 8 compiler. Presumably, these are in preparation for Delphi 9, which is coming at the...

In Part 1 of this article, I discussed about the UNSAFECODE directive, and promised to discuss this language feature in Part 2 of the article. Well, if you're waiting for this article, wait no more! Here it is!...

Dan beat me to it , so I won't be blogging about it.

The Delphi 8 compiler introduces the following predefined conditional symbols. Symbol Description CIL Indicates the machine code model, roughly corresponding...

The Delphi 8 compiler introduces the FINITEFLOAT directive. Type SWITCH Syntax {$FINITEFLOAT ON} or {$FINITEFLOAT OFF} Default {$FINITEFLOAT ON} Scope...

The Delphi 8 compiler introduces the UNSAFECODE directive. Type SWITCH Syntax {$UNSAFECODE ON} or {$UNSAFECODE OFF} Default {$UNSAFECODE OFF} Scope Local...

Before Delphi 8, the following code does not compile. In Delphi 8, the following code compiles. Something to take note of if you're backporting Delphi...

Think before you speak!...

Well, who's Blake Stone and Charles “Chuck” Jazdzewski anyway? Blake Stone was the CTO at Borland, and the JBuilder architect. Chuck Jazdzewski...

The AUTOBOX article is updated to include newly discovered information....