On Thu, 5 Apr 2018, Martok wrote:
Am 05.04.2018 um 08:35 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
If the compiler devs wanted, they could initialize every string with the
'<undefined string>' constant,
That is in fact the -gt option.
I doubt -gt does something for managed types?
Pascal states: do not assume that variables are initialized.
Corollary: there is no guarantee that "class operator Initialize()" is ever
called, and Maciej can roll back management operators. I very much doubt this is
what you want to imply.
And why not ?
This is the whole problem and source of the "kludge' I referred to:
When introducing managed types, Delphi should have performed the full monty,
and simply zero-out everything at any point.
This would eliminate in large part the need for management operators, since
you can then detect whether a type is initialized or not if so desired, and
act on it.
TMyManagedType = Record
IsInitialized : Boolean;
// The rest of what you actually need
end;
Michael.
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