I don't think you are understanding what we are saying here. You are NOT deleting the original, but you are deleting your first REFERENCE to the original object. In CF, there is no way to actually delete the structure OBJECT, only references to it. It could be that, when you delete the last reference to the object, CF deletes the object itself. Or maybe CF doesn't and the garbage collector does it later. Anyway, when you delete the last reference, you have no way of accessing the object anymore.
This is a code example that will maybe clarify this (creating a new one instead of deleting) <cfscript> request.a = StructNew(); request.a.test = "Ingewikkelde structuur"; request.b = request.a; </cfscript> <cfdump var="#request#"> <cfset request.a.test = "Gewijzigde ingewikkelde structuur"> <cfdump var="#request#"> <cfscript> request.a = StructNew(); // pointing the first reference to another struct request.a.othertest = "New structure, but b still exists"; </cfscript> <cfdump var="#request#"> Pascal > -----Original Message----- > From: Taco Fleur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 November 2004 10:16 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Reference to complex var not destroyed > > > I think it is you who is misunderstanding Dave. > > Could be.. > But, what both of you are saying I thought I already understood, and I > thought I explained that in my message? > If you update the original, the reference gets updated, so when you would > delete the original you would think the reference gets deleted as well, or > would you not? How does that work in other languages? > Or am I just not getting it? > > Example: > > <cfapplication name="test" sessionmanagement="Yes"> > <cfset application.test = structNew()> > <cfset application.test.blabla = "ingewikkelde structure"> > <cfset server.test = application.test> > <cfset structdelete(application, "test")> > <cfdump var="#server#" /> I would think the test var in the server scope > would be gone too (or at least I hoped it would). > <cfdump var="#application#" /> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184710 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
