Is there a "complete" list of reference counted variables in FP? e.g. dynamic arrays are ref-counted. but are variables allocated by New() ref-counted?

My use case is:

type
  PMyRecord = ^TMyRecord;
p: = New(PMyRecord);
MyListView.Item[0].Data = p;
MyListView.Item[0].Delete;     <-- Do I need to Dispose(p) manually when I
remove this item or free the ListView?

Thanks.

"Xiangrong Fang" wrote

Is there a "complete" list of reference counted variables in FP? e.g.

dynamic arrays are ref-counted. but are variables allocated by New() ref-counted?

Dynamic arrays
AnsiString
UnicodeString (and on non Windows also WideString) COM style interfaces (the default interface type)

Regards,
Sven

In our previous episode, Sven Barth said:

- All of these stored in olevariants.

Also widestrings are not refcounted on the pascal level, but "managed".

Also widestrings are not refcounted on the pascal level, but "managed".

What's the implication of the difference between refcounted vs. "managed"?

In our previous episode, Xiangrong Fang said:

> Also widestrings are not refcounted on the pascal level, but "managed". > What's the implication of the difference between refcounted vs. "managed"?

There is a refcount system in the pascal RTL for internal types. Some types are externally managed, and the Pascal runtime merely inserts certain calls for those types, and doesn't know the implementation details exactly itself.

"Marco van de Voort" wrote

Also widestrings are not refcounted on the pascal level, but "managed".

But only on Windows platforms, because there WideString is based on Windows' COM compatible string.

Regards,
Sven