[Lazarus] Object free itself?

[Lee Jenkins]

Lee Jenkins wrote:
> I've never tried this type of thing before, but I have need to have an object 
> free self.
> 
> After freeing any resource used by the object in it's Destructor, I call 
> inherited destroy and it looks like the inherited destroy methods works, but 
> right afterward, get a sig exception in LCLProc.unit:
> 
> function TMethodList.Count: integer;
> begin
>    if Self<>nil then
>      Result:=FCount <== here
>    else
>      Result:=0;
> end;
> 
> Is it even possible to have an object free itself?
> 
> BTW, I'm trying my hand at creaing an MVC and I need the controller to be able 
> to free itself because it is the object that 1) Creates the View (form) and 2) 
> the Model (object) and mediates between them.
> 
> When the form is closed, the controller is notified and need to 1) free the form 
>   2) free the model/object and 3) free itself.
> 
> Otherwise, I guess I must create some kind of manager object/list to free the 
> controller from the outside.  Note: If I free the controller object from outside 
> (like putting it in an objectlist and calling ObjectList.clear) there is no 
> exception.
> 
> Just calling free from the object itself poses the problem.
> 

Never mind, I just saved myself a bit of aggravation and created a list manager 
for my controllers which works nicely and free everything from the outside 
without problems.

Thanks,

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Warm Regards,

Lee

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