[fpc-pascal] Implementing a true Singleton - Can we decrease the visibility of a method?

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 12/8/06, Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at t-online.de> wrote:
> One working solution is to use a global var. This is bad but acceptable
> for a singleton imo. If would be nice if the variable could be hidden.


This is kinda what I have been using all along, except, I have a
function, that creates the instance when used for the first time.  I
call it the Lazy mans Singleton.  It works perfectly, if the developer
knows about the global function!  Otherwise, they might still try and
create a instance of the class, which is what I am trying to prevent.


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