>In this case the contract is that the code returns true to guarantee an
>assigned object so that you don't need if assigned(value) in a whole lot
>of places. The second part of the contract is that if it returns false,
>you don't pretend that it was true and try to do something with an
>invalid pointer.
>
As Delphi does not support Post-Conditions I try to design my code to minimise the
need for them.
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