[fpc-devel] smart pointers

[Wayne Sherman]

On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 1:05 AM Martin Frb wrote:
> I was trying to find some definitive answers on how smart pointers
> (will) work.
> E.g. do smart pointers have a compiler controlled build in ref-counter
> like other managed types (strings/dyn-array).
> It seems not, but info I found is a bit conflicting.

https://wiki.freepascal.org/management_operators
"AddRef is called after the contents of a record have been duplicated
by a bitwise copy (for example after, not during, an assignment.)
By itself it does not do any lifetime management, but you can use it
to implement it."