Is WideString identical to String in Delphi 2009

Question

I\'m getting some weird behaviour recompiling some applications in 2009 that used widestrings at various points.

In a Delphi 2009 App is Widestring identical to Str

Answer 1

See this paper by Marco Cantu which outlines the workings of string (i.e. UnicodeString) in Delphi 2009:

"White Paper: Delphi and Unicode"

http://dn.codegear.com/article/38980

Basically, it's what Roddy said, but takes 27 pages to go into detail.