[fpc-pascal] does Advanced Record constructor automatically zero all the memory space of that record?

[Dennis Poon]

Sven Barth wrote:
>> does Advanced Record constructor automatically zero all the memory 
>> space of that record?
> No, it does not. Neither in Delphi nor in FPC.
>
> Am 24.09.2013 12:36, schrieb Dennis Poon:
>> if not, is there a clean and easy way to initialize the entire record 
>> memory space to zeros e.g.
>>
>> constructor TMyRecord.Create(TheValue : Integer);
>> begin
>>   FillChar(self, sizeof(Self), 0);
>>   Value := TheVal;
>> end;
> You can use either FillChar as you did or use "Self := 
> Default(TTest);" (default is a compiler intrinsics that returns a 0 
> value of the type you passed in, e.g. Nil for classes, '' for strings, 
> 0 for ordinals and for records all fields are set to 0)
>> Is there a Self variable for advanced record methods/constructors ?
> Yes.
>> By the way, is there an ultimate inherited constructor "Create" for 
>> all advanced record types?
> No.
>
> Regards,
> Sven
>

Thanks for your help.

Are the above info. available anywhere in FPC's web site that I 
overlooked?  If not, maybe it should be added to its wiki.

Dennis
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