[DUG] Related try..finally question

[Phil Middlemiss]

Makes you wonder why they didn't make the compiler just initialise all 
local pointer variables to null to start with! Or for that matter, all 
numeric values to 0 too.

Phil.

Todd Martin wrote:
> Not if x is initialised x:=nil; before the try block.
>
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>> Exceptions can be generated in constructors as well.
>> so
>> try
>>  x := Tobj.Create;  //an exception could occur here
>> finally
>>  x.free;//this is now a programming error
>> end;
>>
>>
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>> Todd Martin wrote:
>>> Agreed. The idea that an object raises an exception in its 
>>> destructor is mind boggling.
>>>
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