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Suppose you have these definitions:
var Options: array of JavaVMOption; VM_Args: JavaVMInitArgs;
How do you initialize them?
Back in the days, you would use:
Options := nil; FillChar(VM_Args, SizeOf(VM_Args), #0);
These days, you would use:
Options := Default(JavaVMOption); // fail to compile VM_Args := Default(JavaVMInitArgs);
However, Default(JavaVMOption) would fail to compile, because you need to use a type of the variable, not the element of an array that declares the type.
So, you'll rewrite Options as
Options: TArray<JavaVMOption>;
and then
Options := Default(TArray<JavaVMOption>);
You can also use:
Initialize(Options);
In addition, you can also do this, by way of passing a parameter:
procedure DoSomething(out Options: TArray<JavaVMOption>);
Continued discussion of undocumented Delphi 8 Property Access Specifiers, and other ways of adding and removing delegates / events handlers, including clearing the list of all the delegates / event handlers.
This article discusses the new Delphi 8 property access specifiers.
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