hello, the free method seems to be called when the object is deleted from the canvas.
is there a similar method called on Pd quit ? I'm asking that because I'm rewriting a pix_openni2 object and to free the openni context i have to call a shutdown() function on quit and not on object deletion regards, a -- do it yourself http://antoine.villeret.free.fr 2014-03-24 14:45 GMT+01:00 IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoel...@iem.at>: > On 03/24/2014 02:22 PM, Funs Seelen wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > While reorganizing my code a question about memory management in Pd arose > > in me. If I allocate memory within the constructor space, do I have to > free > > this myself? > yes > > > If yes, how or where should I do this? > > the destructor is called "free_method" in Pd-lingo and is set via > class_new() [1]. > > so you basically would do: > > void myclass_free(t_myclass*x) { > free(x->x_ptr); > } > // ... > void myclass_setup(void) { > class_new(gensym("myclass"), myclass_new, myclass_free, > sizeof(t_myclass), 0, ...); > } > > > > Do I have to worry about this or is all memory freed automatically when > an > > object is removed from its canvas? > > no magic is involved, thus you have to take care yourselves. > > mdsa > IOhannes > > > [1] > http://iem.at/pd/externals-HOWTO/node9.html#SECTION00092100000000000000 > > > > > Example: > > > > > > > Any hints? > > > > Regards, > > Funs > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-dev mailing list > > Pd-dev@iem.at > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > Pd-dev@iem.at > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > >
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