[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes the thread was Java but XPCOM is simply a wrapper over the C++
> code is it not?
Java doesn't have anything equivalent to a destructor that runs when a
variable goes out of scope. So there's no way to release an interface
pointer automatically, until GC kicks in.
Same is true for XPCOM objects used from JavaScript.
> The example code is C++ and I meant inherent scoping
> of variables, so a variable declared in within a method should go out
> of scope. The reason the code was written that way was to determine
> if the variable pointer settings will automatically go out of scope or
> I have to explicitly call addref.
AddRef? You mean Release?
> So the answer is "settings" will
> orphan unless I use addref.
You completely lost me here.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925
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