D8.Net Update #1 has Good and Bad
The recent Delphi 8 update brings with it good news and bad news at time same time.
Library related bugs received a bit of attention (this was what I was really hoping for since I found it too much trouble to work with, now, it is workable). They have fixed the most aggravating problem with the default namespaces which means I can actually start to use it to create some library style code so that is a real move forward.
XML Comment related bugs received some attention. They fixed the "array of type" bug but did not address either XML comments in the .dpr or XML comments code completion feature. Hopefully we will see the .dpr comments fixed up in the next update. I don't have much hope for code completion but a document and stylesheets would have been nice for encouraging us to use this great new feature in the compiler.
The bad news is the IDE is much less stable (yes, less stable then before). This to be expected as they did warn that something may be up in that regard. I find it will work well for an undetermined amount of time but as soon as it starts to go to pot it seems to really like staying that way (even after restarts of the IDE). I can only guess that I am doing things in some unexpected manner and causing this grief to myself.
Overall I have to say I am very pleased with the speed in which the update was released and that my most annoying problems were addressed. Borland deserves a Kudos but they shouldn't sit back and rest. Another update to D8 and the much needed service pack for D7 are still needed. Here is hoping that D8.Net becomes production ready with the next patch.
Library related bugs received a bit of attention (this was what I was really hoping for since I found it too much trouble to work with, now, it is workable). They have fixed the most aggravating problem with the default namespaces which means I can actually start to use it to create some library style code so that is a real move forward.
XML Comment related bugs received some attention. They fixed the "array of type" bug but did not address either XML comments in the .dpr or XML comments code completion feature. Hopefully we will see the .dpr comments fixed up in the next update. I don't have much hope for code completion but a document and stylesheets would have been nice for encouraging us to use this great new feature in the compiler.
The bad news is the IDE is much less stable (yes, less stable then before). This to be expected as they did warn that something may be up in that regard. I find it will work well for an undetermined amount of time but as soon as it starts to go to pot it seems to really like staying that way (even after restarts of the IDE). I can only guess that I am doing things in some unexpected manner and causing this grief to myself.
Overall I have to say I am very pleased with the speed in which the update was released and that my most annoying problems were addressed. Borland deserves a Kudos but they shouldn't sit back and rest. Another update to D8 and the much needed service pack for D7 are still needed. Here is hoping that D8.Net becomes production ready with the next patch.
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