I have to store a TList of something that can easily be implemented as a record in Delphi (five simple fields). However, it's not clear to me what happens when I do TList<TMyRecordType>.Add(R)
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Since R is a local variable in the procedure in which I create the my TList, I assume that the memory for it will be released when the function returns. Does this leave an invalid record pointer in the list? Or does the list know to copy-on-assign? If the former, I assume I would have to manually manager the memory for R with New() and Dispose(), is that correct?
Alternatively, I can "promote" my record type to a class type by simply declaring the fields public (without even bothering with making them formal properties). Is that considered OK, or ought I to take the time to build out the class with private fields and public properties?