[vtkusers] What exactly happens in this scenario?

[Bill Lorensen]

In the destructor? Technically, yes. But it won't matter.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:51 AM, logic_cube <John.Fraser at icr.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Shouldn't it be like this?
>
> if (elementNumberActor != NULL)
> {
> elementNumberActor->Delete();
> elementNumberActor = NULL;
> }
>
>
>
> Bill Lorensen-2 wrote:
>>
>> Yes, it will leak.
>>
>> To prevent the leak,, in your constructor,
>> elementNumberActor = NULL;
>>
>> In DisplayElementNumbers() before assigning the actor,
>> if (elementNumberActor != NULL)
>> {
>> elementNumberActor->Delete();
>> }
>>
>> In the destuctor,
>> if (elementNumberActor != NULL)
>> {
>> elementNumberActor->Delete();
>> }
>>
>>
>
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