TC9 beta - 32 / 64 bit builds

[Samuel]

I see "only affects 64 bit version" or "only affects 32 bit version" really often. Wouldn't it be better to build and deploy both versions with Lazarus?

Overall there should be far less bugs. / Reproducing is easier - etc.

[ghisler(Author)]

I tried moving everything to Lazarus, but it turned out to be impossible. There are too many differences between 32-bit and 64-bit.

[Samuel]

Thanks for checking / considering. As a programmer myself, I hate code duplicates. They are just error prone.

I know that a filemanager has several 32 / 64 bit differences, but I didn't expect as much as you implicate.

I still think it should be better on the long run.

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks for checking / considering. As a programmer myself, I hate code duplicates. They are just error prone.

The "Compare by content" editor is a big help here, it takes only a few seconds to move some new code from 32-bit to 64-bit. That's why you see the (32/64) in the history - I put (32/ in there first so I don't forget to copy it over to 64-bit.