[fpc-pascal] methods of an object to create others objects

[Andrew Brunner]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys
<graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> procedure TObj1.Free;
>> begin
>>  Try
>>    Disk1.Unmount;
>>  Except
>>    On E:Exception do begin
>>       // Some case stuff here
>>    end;
>>  end;
>>  Inherited Destroy;
>> end;
>>
>
> With the exception of a possible memory leak in case Disk1.Unmount was
> supposed to free up some resources. And if your app is something that
> runs 24/7, that is a *huge* problem! Eventually you will run out of
> memory and the whole thing will come crumbling down (and maybe even
> cause more damage).
>

Grame, no more caveats.  If Unmount had memory that needed to be
released then the same methodology stands.  Disk1.Unmount was placed
there to prove a point.  That w/o handling Obj2.Free would never be
called in context (the outstanding proposed example).

As far as *HUGE* problem.  Having to restart my server would be huge..
Especially in high scale, high available production environments.
Having a handle in place that says CATCH STUFF HERE like Save to SQL
server (if your needing to write to disk).  The example I introduced
is a good one.  Ignoring the exception will indeed cause a fatal
error.  Handling the exception is the best practice here.