[omniORB] [omniORB 2.8.0] problem with delete of the output sequence of structs

[Stefan Seefeld]

Gennady Agranov wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> IDL piece:
> 
> >>>    struct model_info {
> >>>      int model_type;
> >>>      int server;
> >>>      string        name;
> >>>      string        description;
> >>>      boolean       not_saved;
> >>>    };
> 
> >>>    typedef sequence <model_info> models_info;
> 
> >>>    models_info get_models_info(
> >>>     in session_id session) raises (star_exception);
> 
> After I successfully called get_models_info and used
> the return value I presumed that I have to call delete
> on the returned model_info_ptr. But MSVC6 runtime is not
> happy (see the end of this mail). I understand that I
> could corrupt the memory somewhere else. My question is
> should I or should not free the returned pointer ?

You should. To hide these nasty details you may assign the
return value directly to a var type which then takes care of
the clean up. This then looks like

models_info_var models = ariadne->get_models_info(session);

Regards,	Stefan
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Stefan Seefeld
Departement de Physique
Universite de Montreal
email: seefelds@magellan.umontreal.ca

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