Does anyone know who first authored TStrings and TStringList? Every time I use a TStringList, I marvel at its versatility and simple elegance. Just curious.
TStringList was really a catch-all for language features Delphi needed but didn't have at the time, from a string-splitting method to dictionaries. I agree with David Heffernan that if you were (re)designing the language today you really wouldn't need it.
David Heffernan probably something you should have mentioned early on, giving it's a very specific case
ReplyDeleteEric Grange Yes, sorry. I had it in the text of one of my comments, and then cut out the paragraph that was in when editing.
ReplyDeleteTStringList was really a catch-all for language features Delphi needed but didn't have at the time, from a string-splitting method to dictionaries. I agree with David Heffernan that if you were (re)designing the language today you really wouldn't need it.
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