Is there a non-reference-counted base class like TInterfacedObject?

Question

I need a base class like TInterfacedObject but without reference counting (so a kind of TNonRefCountedInterfacedObject).

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Answer 1

There is no such class, but you can easily write your own, as others have shown. I do, however, wonder why you would need it. In my experience, there is seldom a real need for such a class, even if you want to mix object and interface references.

Also note that when you use such a class, you'll still have to take care of setting any interface references you have to such an object to nil before they leave scope and before you free the object. Otherwise you might get the situation the runtime tries to call _Release on a freed object, and that tends to cause an invalid pointer exception.

IOW, I would advise against using such a class at all.