[omniORB] strange behavior of '_this()' method

[Michael Kilburn]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Duncan Grisby <duncan at grisby.org> wrote:

> > > PortableServer::Servant_var servant = _poa->reference_to_servant(obj);
> >
> > Sorry, but no :) PortableServer::Servant is a pointer to (not a copy of)
> >  the incarnating servant in the active object map. You don't want the
> > _var class to clean that up ever (and btw it won't compile anyway
> > because PortableServer::Servant is a local corba pseudo class thingy).
>
> You're both wrong, just in different ways :-)
>

Duh, of course I meant ServantBase_var... :-) Forgot a bit details, since we
have it wrapped in a macro.


>   PortableServer::Servant servant = _poa->reference_to_servant(obj);
> >   servant->_remove_ref();
>
> That is a dangerous thing to do. By calling _remove_ref there, you are
> assuming that the POA is going to keep holding its reference to the
> servant.
>

:-) This is exactly what happens in our case... But I am well-aware about
it.

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Michael.
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