Overloading Delphi's ShowMessage to accept Integer, Boolean, Float, ...

in Delphi TIPS :: Delphi's ShowMessage procedure, defined in the dialogs.pas unit, displays a message in a dialog box, waits for the user to click an OK button.

I'm using the ShowMessage procedure frequently while developing applications as a "debugging" tool to display values of various variables, properties, function results.

A downside of the ShowMessage is that it only accepts a string parameter - where variables tend to be integers, bools, floats, etc. :)

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• Understanding Method Overloading and Default Parameters in Delphi
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