[fpc-devel] Need patch for bugs : 0011503 / 0009472

[Boian Mitov]

    Hi Jonas,

Thank you!
I don't understand. 0011503 is a major failure. Is it in the compiler or in 
some library?
This code:

  Atest := TTest.Create();
  Atest := NIL;

will release properly the reference at assignment to NIL

this code does not:

  Atest := TestFunc();
  Atest := NIL;


This is a huge problem. This code must work the same way in both cases but 
it does not. We are porting a huge library of over 4 million lines of code 
from Delphi. This is a major show stopper. I can probably take a look in the 
compiler as it will be much easier and faster for us to fix the compiler to 
be Delphi compatible rather than rewriting the libraries. They rely heavily 
on interfaces and the correct reference counting. Rewriting this even if 
desirable will delay the project with at least a year at best. By definition 
when there are no active references to an interface it must be released. 
This is a total failure of the functionality.

  With best regards,
    Boian Mitov

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonas Maebe" <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>
To: "FPC developers' list" <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Need patch for bugs : 0011503 / 0009472


>
> On 19 Jun 2008, at 13:10, Boian Mitov wrote:
>
>> It appears that this bug has been fixed. Where I can get a patch for 
>> this? This is a very high priority bug for us, and we are glad that  it 
>> has already been addressed :-) . I am very eager to test the fix.
>
> Please read the comments to http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=9472
>
> There was/is no bug in the compiler and therefore nothing has been 
> "fixed".
>
>
> Jonas
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