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DUnit testing code that should raise a specific exception

jpluimers jpluimers A while back, I was writing some code to demonstrate a few inner workings of TInterfacedObject, interface reference counting and mixing object references with interface references. One way to show this is through a test… … Read more 4 years ago in agile, Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, Unit Testing 0

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F2084 Internal Error: MA1263 – no relevant results

jpluimers jpluimers I tried searching for F2084 Internal Error: MA1263 – Google Search which happened on a complete up to date Delphi 10.1 Berlin installation. It came from a large unit testing application using truckloads of generic language constructs,… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Delphi 10.1 Berlin (BigBen), Development, Software Development 0

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The Delphi interface reference counting compiler bug that will never get fixed as it is marked “as designed”

jpluimers jpluimers A long time ago, I write a question [WayBack] delphi – Should the compiler hint/warn when passing object instances directly as const interface parameters? – Stack Overflow in 2010. It was marked by (now former) compiler… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development 0

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How do I pretty-print JSON in Delphi? – Stack Overflow

jpluimers jpluimers For my archive: the [WayBack] How do I pretty-print JSON in Delphi? – Stack Overflow answer by [WayBack] Bob: If you do not want to use any external library, and you’re using a Delphi XE5 or… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Development, JavaScript/ECMAScript, JSON, Scripting, Software Development 0

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Delphi: fixing “W1030 invalid compiler directive true”

jpluimers jpluimers I had a “W1030 invalid compiler directive true” in a project that got ported from Delphi XE3 to a much more modern Delphi version. Luckily I found [WayBack] Porting to XE5 and the “W1030 Invalid compiler directive: ‘true’”… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development 0

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On my research list: Delphi “Package Cache” subtree

jpluimers jpluimers On one of the sites, when having some Delphi package registration issues, the standard measure was to delete the complete Package Cache subtree (like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\17.0\Package Cache). Since there is so little information about it, it is… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development, Undocumented Delphi 0

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Tutorial: Introduction To C++ Parallel Compilation With TwineCompile

Eli M. (MVP) Eli M. (MVP) Use TwineCompile to improve your C++Builder developer speed and productivity. TwineCompile is available via the GetIt Package Manager for 10.4 and newer with Update Subscription. TwineCompile lists its features as: Advanced compile system uses multi-threading… … Read more 4 years ago in C++, cbuilder, Code, Development, IDE, learn c++, parallel, parallel compilation, programming, windows 0

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If you use an implementation of TNonRefCountInterfacedObject, then document in the descendants how lifetime management is arranged for

jpluimers jpluimers There are a few TNonRefCountInterfacedObject (or maybe better named TNonReferenceCountedInterfacedObject) implementations around (see list of links below). They can be used to expose interfaces, but do not provide interface reference counting. This means you have… … Read more 4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development 0