[fpc-devel] Unicode resource strings

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Marco van de Voort schrieb:
> In our previous episode, Hans-Peter Diettrich said:
>>> this is a huge move for a native code compiler. If FPC will follow, this 
>>> sounds like a lot of work.
>> I don't see much work here. The code for handling interface references 
>> exists, it only has to be applied to the new TObject type, too.
> 
> I'm not sure but afaik the current situation doesn't have any support for
> breaking cycles. Heavier use will probably need that.

Cycles are one of the reasons for using Free or other explicit 
finalizers, regardless of the GC model.

Mark-sweep collectors can remove also clusters with cyclic references, 
but they can/should not call the destructors of these (any) objects, 
because this could result in infinite recursion or other unwanted 
effects. Clearing the references before calling the destructors is not a 
solution, because it can prevent proper operation of the destructors.

DoDi