Thanks Doug. My mind can rest easy now. I think I sweat the small stuff too
much on occasion.
John
> On Dec 15, 2017, at 6:51 AM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech
> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
> John:
>
> Objects respect scope so they don't have to be explicitly cleared. That's
> different than an hList or our favorite word processor. :-)
>
> Also, 4D uses "ref counting" when it works with C_Object so that makes them
> even more memory efficient.
>
>
>
> --
> Douglas von Roeder
> 949-336-2902
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:44 AM, John Baughman via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
>> If I am making multiple calls to a method and passing parameters via a
>> C_OBJECT, is their any memory issues using New object. For example…
>>
>> $printedHeight:=Timesheets_BuildReport (New object("line";"employeeLine1";
>> "employee";$employeeName;"taskdate";!2017-01-02!))
>> $printedHeight:=Timesheets_BuildReport (New object("line";"employeeLine";"
>> employee";$employeeName;"taskdate";!2017-01-03!))
>> $printedHeight:=Timesheets_BuildReport (New object("line";"employeeLine";"
>> employee";$employeeName;"taskdate";!2017-01-07!))
>>
>> // Timesheets_BuildReport consumes the passed parameter...
>> C_OBJECT($oLineParams;$1)
>> $oLineParams:=$1
>>
>> I got to thinking about what happens to the C_OBJECT after
>> Timesheets_BuildReport consumes it. Does it hang around in memory? My
>> thinking is that since it’s being saved to a local variable, it will die
>> when Timesheets_BuildReport ends.
>>
>> Should I rethink this and populate a single C_OBJECT as I go?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>> John Baughman
>> Kailua, Hawaii
>> (808) 262-0328
>> john...@hawaii.rr.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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