Delphi Error – X2243 Expression needs no Initialize/Finalize

Delphi Compiler Error

X2243 Expression needs no Initialize/Finalize

Reason for the Error & Solution

You have attempted to use the standard procedure Finalize on a type that requires no finalization.

program Produce;

  var
    ch : Char;

begin
  Finalize(ch);
end.

In this example, the Delphi type Char needs no finalization.

The usual solution to this problem is to remove the offending use of Finalize.