[fpc-pascal] reference-counted function results not initialized to nil

[Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis]

Hi,

On 26/6/2016 7:20 μμ, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:
> And because it is a manged type I could rely on the documentation
> which says that managed types are initialized (with zero length/nil).
> "Result" is used in the same way as a (local) variable.
> What should make me think that it is different?

as Barry Kelly pointed out there 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/861045/which-variables-are-initialized-when-in-delphi/861178#861178,
initialization differs on what mechanism was used to allocate memory . 
AFAIU, "initialized" <> "zero-filled" .

regards,

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Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
www.nephelae.eu
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