[DUG] basic question

[Dennis Chuah]

No, a constuctor will not return Nil.  If an exception is raised in a 
constructor, the implicit finalisation code is called (which then calls the 
Destructor), and the exception bubbles up to the next exception handler.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy North" <jeremy.north at gmail.com>
To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG] basic question


> Which means any constructor could return NIL. Which you didn't make
> clear in your explanation. I just wanted to clear that up for others
> incase they weren't aware of this.
>
> On 7/26/07, Dennis Chuah <dennis_cs_chuah at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A constructor ALWAYS creates an instance, even if it encounters an
>> exception.  The implicit exception handling code then finalises the
>> instance.
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