[fpc-devel] "Blank slate" next version of FPC

[Jonas Maebe]

On 24/02/2019 17:23, Ryan Joseph wrote:
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>> On Feb 24, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Jonas Maebe <jonas at freepascal.org> wrote:
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>> It's is an inherent part of the "class" feature. Without it, any exception that gets thrown in a constructor (or in any code called by a constructor) will cause memory leaks.
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> Not very useful if we don’t use exceptions though. :) I still don’t understand why exceptions aren’t enabled with a mode switch like advanced records or type helpers especially considering everyone that uses classes is now paying a price for it (without even knowing!).

Many routines in standard units can raise exceptions. If you use the 
sysutils unit anywhere, any run time error is also converted into an 
exception. It's an inherent part of the language and RTL. This is not 
C++ where the language tries to be both assembler and lisp at the same time.

> How can I test to verify if this works or not?

Throw an exception in a constructor, compile with -gh and notice you got 
yourself a memory leak.

>Martin makes it sound like there’s some other considerations for subclasses.

That is not what he said.


Jonas