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1) Create a new Delphi WinForm app (dotnet)
2) Drop any non-visual component onto the form
3) Put a break line on the following first line of the following method

procedure TWinForm.Dispose(Disposing: Boolean);
begin
  if Disposing then
  begin
    if Components <> nil then
      Components.Dispose();
  end;
  inherited Dispose(Disposing);
end;

4) Run the app
5) Close the app

I was surprised to see "Components = nil", so Dispose is never executed on
any of the components dropped onto a form.  Am I wrong about this?  My
Component descendant overrides Dispose(bool) but it is never called, it is
exactly the same in a C# WinForm app too.

"components" is declared but never created.  The designer code should
additionally have

    components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();

each component should be created and then have the following line of code

    components.Add(newComponent, newComponent.Name);


As a result Dispose(true) is never called on the components when the owning 
form closes and as a result it's managed resources do not get cleaned up.



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