On 16/06/2011 17:35, andi wrote: > Hello Developers, > > I'm trying to set some generic data (OBPairData) on a per atom basis and to > ensure im being memory efficient I was wondering how the generic data of > that is atom is begin deleted? > > I'd like to think that once the molecule or the atom itself gets deleted > then the generic data gets deleted as well, but from my finding I don't see > how the generic data gets deleted. > > I looked in the source, and the Destructor for the atom has the generic data > deletion code commented out. The only thing there is the residue. > OBMol, OBAtom, OBBond, etc. are derived from OBBase and its destructor (in base.h) is intended to delete any attached OBGenericData objects. Years ago I think each class handled its own, and the commented out code is a remnant of that. If you find this is not working properly post again. Thanks for the detailed interest.
Chris > Below is a link with the following snippet code for OBMol, OBAtom, OBResidue > destructor calls: > http://pastebin.com/Rekmp8L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
