Delphi XE - should I use String or AnsiString?

Question

I finally upgraded to Delphi XE. I have a library of units where I use strings to store plain ANSI characters (chars between A and U). I am 101% sure that I will never ever use

Answer 1

Use AnsiString explicitly everywhere in this unit and then you'll get compiler warning errors (which you should never ignore) for String to AnsiString conversion errors if you happen to access the routines incorrectly.

Alternately, perhaps preferably depending on your situation, simply convert everything to UTF8.