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

It seems the answer is here:

The most dramatic change in Delphi 2009 is that the “string” type is now an alias for UnicodeString instead of AnsiString.