[Lazarus] Difference between FreeThenNil and FreeAndNil

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On Wednesday, 27 April 2011,  <michael.vancanneyt@******> wrote:
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> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Alexander Klenin wrote:
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> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=16035
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> But what does this have to do with the problem you mention in FreeAndNil ?
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>From that bug report it looks like a bug in TAChart, not in
FreeAndNil(). I have written a crap load of components in my time,
including composite components, and never had a problem with freeing
children or subcomponents. You just need to do it in the right order,
and obviously not reference something that is already free'd.


regards,
  Graeme


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