>Yup, I'd say you've proved the point.
>
>However, see what you get when you try the following:
>

LOCAL loObject
>loObject = CREATEOBJECT("Custom")
>AddProperty(m.loObject,"icName")
>m.loObject.icName = "Jim Nelson"
>
>CREATE CURSOR c_SomeCursor (cField1 c(10))
>INSERT INTO c_SomeCursor (cField1) VALUES ("Jim Nelson")
>INSERT INTO c_SomeCursor (cField1) VALUES ("Mike Yearwood")
>
>xx = m.loObject.icName
>SET FILTER TO cField1 = m.xx
>BROWSE
>
>RELEASE m.loObject
>
>CLEAR
>DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE loObject
>WAIT WINDOW "Hold down the shift key to see that the object is really gone."
>
>*Do a record movement and it will crash.
>GO TOP && BROWSE etc.
>

>
>Now I personally do not believe that the behaviour of RELEASE in this case is proper, but it is the way it is.
>

What's improper? The value of the object's propery is copied to m.xx which is used in the filter. Did you expect m.xx to keep the object in existence?