Re: New release of IntToStr and Sort Benchmark and validation tools


"Ain Valtin" <@in@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 10 Jun 2005 10:04:11 -0700, "Avatar Zondertau" <avatarzt@xxxxxxxxx
> (please reply to newsgroup)> wrote:
>
>>- Does the current version really build in Delphi 5?
>
> Tried to build it (D5.1Pro) and at first (simple compile)
>
> [Hint] FastcodeChallengeIntToStrUnit.pas(266): FOR or WHILE loop
> executes zero times - deleted

If my memory serves me correctly, I seem to recall there was a bug in D5
where -MaxInt was considered to be equal to +MaxInt, or something similar.

The other errors are probably a knock-up effect of the loops being removed
because of the above.

regards,
John


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