Delphi

Delphi RTL: Generic vs. Traditional Collections

Since Delphi got generic types, in the 2009 version, its runtime library (RTL) has a generic collections unit. The RTL however, still has the classic collections. Recently I got some requests about which is recommended to use, and while the discussion can go a bit deeper, I wanted to blog a high level overview. Classic Container Classes The most basic collection class in the RTL is the…
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