[fpc-pascal] Is it only properties that can have defaults in type definitions?

[Martin]

On 14/03/2013 15:35, Frank Church wrote:
> Is it only properties that can have defaults in type definitions?
> ie can private fields be only initialized after creation, eg in the constructor?
>
> Is something like this allowed
>
> TSomeObject = TObject
> private
>    FBoolean: Boolean default false;
> public
>    FPublishedBoolean: Boolean read FBoolean write FBoolean default false;
> end;
>
>
>

"default" does NOT initialize the property.

It is used for streaming. This value will not be wriiten to an lfm for 
example, and if loaded, then it acts as default