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>>Isn't this TDD?

More like a 17 year old too lazy to learn proper debugging, but yes - it works and I'm not surprised its got an official name. :D

Delphi takes it to a ridiculous level though. Often its faster to trial & error the exact syntax for a function than to look it up on the help.




While it's useful to learn proper debugging sometime your approach is valid as well. By the looks of it you're using the optimal solution to your problem.

I prefer to code in Common Lisp on the REPL and do the same thing as you most of the time since each iteration step is so fast. (Change a function -> update it in the live running environment -> test ...)




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