[Lazarus] TStringList error

[Bob K.]

Thank you Vincent.

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From: "Vincent Snijders" <vsnijders at quicknet.nl>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:22 AM
To: "General mailing list" <lazarus at lazarus.freepascal.org>
Subject: Re: [Lazarus] TStringList error

> Bob K. schreef:
>> I'm getting the error: *unit1.pas(48,3) Warning: Local variable "List"
>> does not seem to be initialized*
>>
>> Here's the code (which used to work):
>
> Then you were unbelievable lucky.
>
> list := TStringList.Create is missing.
>
> If it used to work, then you the uninitialized variable list was pointing 
> to a
> memory location in the heap, contained valid (or at least non-crash 
> causing)
> information and updating that upformation, e.g. the count value of the 
> list didn't
> cause a crash. Extremely lucky.
>
> Next time, try adding the -gt option, to decrease your chances on such 
> luck and get
> a crash sooner rather than later.
>
> Vincent
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