added __claim__ and __release__ methods to all TPyDelphiObjects to… #6
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…low controlling ownership from python. methods return Self to allow chaining
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Can you please describe a use case? |
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claim: you called a function on a delphi object that returned a new object for which you are responsible for freeing it, by claiming it the object will be freed once no more python references exist release: you created a delphi object in a way that python has ownership, you want to pass that object as a parameter to a call, where called function will then take ownership of that object and you are no longer allowed to just free it yourself at anytime, you can use release to prevent python from automatically freeing the delphi object when the last python reference to it is gone. |
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Interesting. |
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Wouldn't it be simpler just to make the owned property writable? |
__owned__ is now Read-Write property
...allow controlling ownership from python. methods return Self to allow chaining