On 27/07/18 07:36, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > It is by design. > > And - OMG !! - it is even documented: > > https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/rtl/system/tobject.free.html > There is no need to search the docs, it is even more quick just jump to the implementation of free and see what it does :) -- Victor Campillo