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    TObject.Free

    Destroy an object and release all memory.

    Declaration

    Source position: objects.pp line 289

    procedure TObject.Free;

    Description

    Free calls the destructor of the object, and releases the memory occupied by the instance of the object.

    Errors

    No checking is performed to see whether self is nil and whether the object is indeed allocated on the heap.

    See also

    Name Description
    TObject.Init Construct (initialize) a new object.
    TObject.Done Destroy an object.

    Example

    program ex7;

{ Program to demonstrate the TObject.Free call }

Uses Objects;

Var O : PObject;

begin
  // Allocate memory for object.
  O:=New(PObject,Init);
  // Free memory of object.
  O^.free;
end.