> A more simplictic alternative could be to have objects (declared to be > managed) managed in the same way as ansistrings.
This is exactly what delphi do with interfaces, the result is an orrible mess, and passing them as parameters a nightmare. Refcounted objects are possible, python used them till version 2.x, but I don't think they should stay in pascal. Bye Uberto _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel