The helpful CPU window

In situations similar to the previous example, it doesn’t hurt if you can look at the generated assembler code to check what is going on behind the scenes. Luckily, the Delphi IDE provides a great way to do just that.

I will be the first to admit that examining assembler code is not for everyone. You can be a great Delphi programmer even though you have no idea how to read assembler instructions.

If you recognized yourself in the previous statement, don’t worry. This section is included just for people who want to know everything. You can safely skip it knowing that you’ll still be able to understand everything else in the book. However, if you’re still interested, then, by all means, read on!

The Delphi IDE gives us a few different tools to view the low-level state of the code and computer. They are hidden away in the not-so-obvious View | Debug Windows | CPU Windows submenu. The most useful view is called Entire CPU and...