> It seems a bit drastic to me to discard the existence of the dynamic array as well as the (non-existent) values stored in it! Presumably, all will be well if I size the array inside the initializing routine, breaking my rule that the routine that makes the array must also contain the code to get rid of it.
Essentially, dynamic arrays are just pointers. If you intend to create something to initialize it, better use function that returns the initialized array. e.g.: function Init(const N: LongInt): DataA; begin SetLength(Result,N); ... // initialize Result end; you can then simply: var a: DataA; begin ... a := Init(N); ... end. > That is a distinction too subtle for me! I agree, but this is how Borland designed the language, in which we follow for compatibility reason. -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/More-fun-with-dynamic-arrays-tp5002872p5007151.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
