Re: Dynamic Array and Invalid Pointer

From: Rudy Velthuis (rvelthuis_at_gmx.de)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:02:00 +0200

At 20:53:03, 28.04.2004, zdrakec wrote:

> Alas, I have tried this also. Same result.
>
> Thanks,
> zdrakec
>
> "zdrakec" wrote in message
> news:39239f63.0404280742.2f560cc1@posting.google.com...
> [...]
> > If I attempt to free the [dynamic] array with
> >
> > (dtID := nil);
>
> That's no way to treat an array. An array is not a pointer, didn't
> anybody tell you? Just SetLength it to zero elements.

Er...

  dtID := nil;

is a valid way of getting rid of (or actually, decrementing the reference
count of) a dynamic array. After all, a dynamic array *is* a pointer. 

-- 
Rudy Velthuis
"Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me."
    - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

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