[fpc-devel] Redefine FillChar() to use out parameter instead

[Thaddy]

Jonas Maebe wrote:
>
> Delphi compatibility. And Delphi does that because COM requires this 
> behaviour.
>
Yes, but.. As I hinted before that is because COM is reference counted 
on an intermediate level by a certain OS. A simple (but performance 
cost) change of the memorymanager can fix that for that OS - I wrote one 
and we use it in real life -. And we can play on with the rest of the 
OS's. So I suggest the following adjustment, also applicable to 
widestring: the fact that the com subsystem is reference counting 
prevents the language from reference counting. That sounds and is silly ;)