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How to release and assign an object
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13/09/2006 17:25:08
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Object Oriented Programming
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01153528
Message ID:
01153697
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18
Wei,

If you are implementing a single linked list, you should make sure that the Destroy() method sets the .Next object reference to .null. just from the standpoint of having well behaved classes that clean themselves up properly.
define class my_object
Next = .null. && next list object

function Destroy
this.Next = .null.
return dodefault()
enddefine
>I wonder whether I could get some feedback on the following problems.
>
>I have a few lines of codes to create an object, use it, and release it later.
>
>o1 = createobject("my_object")
>......
>
>oCurrent = o1
>... do something with oCurrent ....
>
>o1.next = createobject("my_object")
>oCurrent = o1.next
>... do somethig with oCurrent ....
>
>&& now I try to release to objects
>release oCurrent
>release o1
>
>My questions are:
>1. does oCurrent = o1.next copy the object or just the reference of the object?
>
>2. does release oCurrent release the memory acquired in 2nd createobject?
>
>3. does release o1 release the memory for both createobject(...) even without the release oCurrent?
df (was a 10 time MVP)

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