TStringList vs. TList

Question

what is the difference in using a standard

type 
  sl: TStringList 

compared to using a generic TList

type 
  sl: TList

        

Answer 1

The TStringlist is one very versatile class of Delphi. I used (and abused ;-) ) its Objects property many times. It's very interesting to quickly translate a delimited string to a control like a TMemo and similar ones (TListBox, TComboBox, just to list a few).

I just don't like much TList, as TStringList satisfied my needs without needing of treating pointers (as Tlist is a list of Pointer values).

EDIT: I confused the TList(list of pointers) with TList (generic list of strings). Sorry for that. My point stands: TStringList is just a lot more than a simple list of strings.