Reporting memory leaks on shutdown with a console application

Question

I've created a console application and set ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := True.

I've created a TStringList but did not free it.

When the program finishes executing, I see the memory leak for a brief second but then the console closes.

I've tried adding a ReadLn; to the end, but it only shows a blank console window when I do that, which makes sense.

I need to find a way to pause executing after the memory leak report, but before complete program shutdown.

I'm using Delphi 10 Seattle.

program Project1;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  System.Classes,
  System.SysUtils;

var
  s : TStringList;

begin
  try
    ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := True;
    s := TStringList.Create;

    //ReadLn doesn't work here, which makes sense.
  except
    on E: Exception do
      Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;
  //I need to be able to pause the program somewhere after the end statement here.
end.

Answer 1

This is certainly a hack, don't use in production :)

ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown:= True;
IsConsole:= False;
TStringList.Create;

However, it causes the leak message (and some other messages) to be displayed in a message box (where all text can be copied by pressing Ctrl+C).

(Tested with Delphi 10.2, please report any side effects we wouldn't like)