Hi Taco, Dave is correct. When you create a new structure, you are creating a container which is stored in memory. You can assign as many pointers to it as you want during its lifetime.
When you delete all the references to the container, said container is essentially "lost". At that point I'm not sure what happens, but I imagine it gets scooped up by the garbage collector when the memory is needed by another container or a certain length of time passes, etc. <!--- Create a new container in CF's memory ---> <cfset variables.stOriginalReference = structNew()> <!--- Add a value to the container ---> <cfset variables.stOriginalReference.myKey = "myValue"> <!--- Create a second reference to the container ---> <cfset variables.stSecondReference = variables.stOriginalReference> <!--- Delete the original reference (container still exists) ---> <cfset structDelete(variables, "stOriginalReference")> <!--- Delete the second reference (container becomes "lost") ---> <cfset structDelete(variables, "stSecondReference")> Hope this clears things up, Matt Matthew Drayer Web Development Coordinator HCPro, Inc. Marblehead MA [EMAIL PROTECTED] >When I create a reference to a complex structure I was always under the >impression that the reference would be destroyed if the original is >destroyed, but it seems this is not the case. Can anyone confirm whether >this is normal behaviour or not? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184736 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
