--- In [email protected], "entropyreduction"
<alancampbelllists+ya...@...> wrote:
>
> (3) But if I go for creating a struct by calling e.g.
>
> ppsv->CallPlugin("class", "definestruct", pszBuf, 3,
> "StructForRecord", "field1 field2", 30);
>
> the handle it returns has never been put in a variable, never
> will be, never accessible to user. Assuming it's more efficient
> to use a struct to create many instances, what will cause the
> struct to get removed when it's no longer needed? Will it cease
> to exist as soon as last instance on which it's based ceases to
> exist?
You can get a new handle to it any time with
class.get("StructForRecord")
or redefine "StructForRecord" to a different layout and reuse the memory as
best I understand.
To actually release the memory currently requires brute force: class.unload
Regards,
Sheri
