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Delphi Memory Management for Classic and ARC compilers

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Memory management basics and terminology

* Short overview of memory management models

* How memory works?

+ Value types, pointers and references, unmanaged and managed types
+ Variable initialization
+ Invalid pointers/references - wild, dangling, stale
+ Scope and lifetime
+ Resource management - RAII
+ Passing parameters - const, var, out, [ref]

Part 2. Object instances

* Object Instance Lifecycle

* Ownership

* Lifecycle Coding Patterns

+ Create
+ AfterConstruction
+ BeforeDestruction
+ Destroy
+ OnCreate, OnDestroy and similar patterns
+ Component streaming

* To be, or not to be

+ Nil - A Billion Dollar Mistake
+ Nil (Null) Object Pattern

Part 3. Manual memory management

* Releasing object instances
* Methods for releasing object instances
+ Destroy
+ Free
+ FreeAndNil

* Releasing through ownership models
+ TObjectList ownership
+ TComponent ownership
+ TComponent notification system

* Releasing object through it's own callback

* Releasing Forms
+ Release
+ caFree

* Manual memory management coding patterns and practices

Part 4. ARC memory management

* ARC - Overview
+ The golden rule
+ Strong references - Strong, Weak, Unsafe
+ Strong reference cycles

* ARC in Delphi
+ ARC in classic compiler - Interfaces
+ Delphi NextGen ARC compiler

* ARC - Concepts
+ How the reference counting mechanism works
+ Deeper look at strong reference cycles

* Interfaces
+ Mixing object and interface references
+ General coding patterns with interfaces
+ Bugs, issues, pitfalls

* Anonymous methods

* DisposeOf - ARC with a twist
+ Why does DisposeOf exist in Delphi ARC compilers?
+ How DisposeOf works
+ Pitfalls of DisposeOf

* ARC coding patterns
+ Breaking strong cycles
+ Storing weak and unsafe references in collections
+ Other general ARC patterns
+ Interacting with Java and Objective-C objects

* SmartPointer for classic compiler

Part 5. Delphi cross-compiler memory management

* Existing code in the context of ARC
* Delphi cross-compiler coding patterns

Following parts are currently scheduled to be released as free update

Part 6. Memory optimizations
* Safety optimizations
* Speed optimizations
* Memory consumption

Part 7. Memory management tools

* FastMM - full debug mode
* Android Studio Memory Monitor
* Xcode - Instruments
* ARC leak check tool

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