Peter Ingham wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 May 2001 11:14:30 +1200, you wrote:
>
> >Dispose shouldn't cause an access violation - it's a good idea to set the
> >variable to nil after disposing and to test for nil before disposing.
>
> FYI Borland snuck a nice routine "FreeAndNil" into D5.
>
> It can be used with any object or pointer to Object, the routine
> test if the pointer is nil, if not the objects free method is called,
> then the pointer is set to nil.
That sounds suspiciously like a routine I've written and used many times.
Glad they finally decided to add it to the library :>
--
Corey Murtagh
The Electric Monk
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!"
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