Re: Interview: Dale Fuller and Blake Stone on Borland directions

From: Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) (rvelthuis_at_gmx.de)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: 17 Nov 2003 03:59:32 -0700

Will DeWitt Jr. wrote:

> Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) wrote:
>
> > When and where should it be called?
>
> At the end of the expression

And I suppose the compiler should know that the function returns a new
object, instead of just returning a reference to an existing one? It
would require that the compiler knows about the contents of the method
then.
 
> A class in a class, you mean in the case where a member of the class is
> another class? Wouldn't this be handled by the initial destructor
> freeing any members it needs to when it's destroyed?

No. You must explicitly call all destructors of contained members. This
is Delphi after all. 

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Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
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