[fpc-devel] Suggestion: reference counted objects

[Kostas Michalopoulos]

Although TBH what i'd prefer more than the above is language features that
would allow me to implement refcounted objects myself. Stuff like automatic
destruction when a generic variable goes out of scope, etc.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Kostas Michalopoulos <
badsectoracula at gmail.com> wrote:

> I prefer the TARCObject approach too, i don't want anything to be
> refcounted unless i *explicitly* ask for it (yes i know some things are
> already refcounted and at the past i was bitten by that which is a big
> reason why i don't want hidden things to do magic stuff behind my back).
> Also i don' want a useless field in TObject (like a refcount field), object
> instances are already too big IMO.
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de>
> wrote:
>
>> On 09/22/2014 02:05 PM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>
>>> TMyARCclass = interface(TObject)
>>>
>> IMHO, Sven's idea of introducing a "TARCObject" base class (triggering
>> the compiler magic for ref counting) sounds a lot nicer.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
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