Why can't Delphi variants hold objects?

Question

Why can\'t Delphi variants hold objects? More importantly, what\'s the reason behind this limitation?

Answer 1

You can definitely store an object inside a Variant variable - just cast it into a NativeUInt. An object is just a pointer, anyway.

obj := TObject.Create;
v := NativeUInt(obj);
obj := TSomeObject(NativeUInt(v));