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Re: Recursive Objects [message #26975 is a reply to message #26974]

Tue, 09 October 2001 13:15

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Mark Hadfield (m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz) writes:

> From: "Karl Schultz" <kschultz@researchsystems.com>
>>> pro my_obj__define
>>> struct = {my_obj, another_obj:OBJ_NEW()}
>>> end
>> ....
>> Also note that you do not need to explicitly destroy this instance of
>> "SomeOtherClass" in the my_obj::Cleanup method. Since the objref is in
> the
>> class struct, IDL will find and destroy it for you.
>
> Not in my experience!
>
> When IDL destroys a my_obj instance it will erase an object reference stored
> in the my_obj class structure. It will *not* destroy the heap variable that
> this reference refers to. So to avoid a memory leak you need
>
> pro my_obj::cleanup
> obj_destroy, self.another_obj
> ; Other cleanup tasks
> end
>

I've thought all day long that this guy was really
trying to use an INHERITS in his structure definition,
not another structure definition. I'm sure this is what
Karl was thinking, too, in his reply.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Recursive Objects By: David Fanning on Tue, 09 October 2001 13:17
		Re: Recursive Objects By: David Fanning on Tue, 09 October 2001 13:15
		Re: Recursive Objects By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 09 October 2001 13:06
		Re: Recursive Objects By: Martin Downing on Tue, 09 October 2001 08:51
		Re: Recursive Objects By: Karl Schultz on Tue, 09 October 2001 08:49
		Re: Recursive Objects By: Dick Jackson on Tue, 09 October 2001 08:32
		Re: Recursive Objects By: guenhwyvar on Wed, 10 October 2001 01:09
		Re: Recursive Objects By: Karl Schultz on Wed, 10 October 2001 07:52
		Re: Recursive Objects By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Tue, 09 October 2001 14:03

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