On 28/03/2015 08:31, Sven Barth wrote:
Am 28.03.2015 06:51 schrieb "Howard Page-Clark" <h...@talktalk.net
<mailto:h...@talktalk.net>>:
>
> The following program, compiles and runs as expected using a
shortstring declaration in the TExample record.
> Could someone explain how to adapt it to cope with a TExample record
containing ansistrings?
[snip]
> procedure TExampleList.Initialize(aCount: integer);
> var
> i: integer;
> pex: PExample;
> begin
> for i:=1 to aCount do begin
> GetMem(pex, SizeOf(TExample));
// use New(pex) instead of GetMem(...)
> pex^.Init(Format('Example#%d, Value=%d',[i, Random(100)]));
> FList.Add(pex);
> end;
> end;
>
[snip]
>
> destructor TExampleList.Destroy;
> var
> i: integer;
> begin
> for i:=0 to FList.Count-1 do
> Freemem(FList[i], SizeOf(TExample));
// Use Dispose(PExample(FList[i])) instead of FreeMem(...)
> FList.Free;
> inherited Destroy;
> end;
>
It's best to always use New/Dispose if you work with records. Use
GetMem/FreeMem only if you work with unstructured memory areas or where
you don't really know the real size beforehand.
Regards,
Sven
Thank you
Howard
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