[Lazarus] initiliazation, finalization and AddExitProc

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 12:42:53 +0000
Frank Church <vfclists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I want to implement the SetHeapTraceOutput routine mentioned in this
> thread - http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/pipermail/lazarus/2011-December/069226.html
> 
> I also want to do it in a tidy manner, perhaps create some kind of
> application template which contains it, and I think it should be in
> the finalization sections of the application or something like that,
> probably with the use of AddExitProc.
> 
> How would it all hang together? Are the initialization and
> finalization sections in a unit run when the program starts, or are
> they run when something in the unit is created?

When program starts, before main program 'begin'.

> eg if a form is not created automatically by the application would its
> initialization section be run at the state of the program regardless
> of whether something defined is used, and woulld that also apply to
> its finalization section?


Mattias