Repeated property access

Object Pascal — Delphi & Free Pascal

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Performance

Repeated property getter calls may execute logic each time; caching avoids redundant work

repeated property getter calls may execute logic each time; caching avoids redundant work.

Why this severity

repeated property getter calls may execute logic each time; caching avoids redundant work.

Known false positives

trivial field-backed properties where the compiler inlines the access.

Remediation example

var
  Cnt: Integer;
begin
  Cnt := List.Count;
  for I := 0 to Cnt - 1 do
    Process(List[I]);
end;

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