Nope, FreeAndNil() frees the object and then nil's the reference you passed to it so that any other clean up code that uses Assigned() to test the same reference won't free the object a second time.
Guy ------------ >From sysutils: procedure FreeAndNil(var Obj); var P: TObject; begin P := TObject(Obj); TObject(Obj) := nil; // clear the reference before destroying the object P.Free; end; -------------- -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Toth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's no need to use Assigned() since FreeAndNil() performs a similar test... -Andreas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Speden Try If Assigned (includelist) then FreeAndNil (includelist); Etc Or If includelist <> nil then FreeAndNil (includelist); They are not freed elsewhere are they. Peter Speden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
