Re-using generator cache

On 21/05/2013 at 02:18, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Hello,

I was wondering what the proper way of re-using a generator's cache is. How does Cinema know
I re-used the cache? And what if I only want to re-use certain parts of the cache?

For example:

/* .. */ GetVirtualObjets(BaseObject* host, HierarchyHelp* hh) {
    // ..
    BaseObject* root = BaseObject::Alloc(Onull);
    BaseObject* cache = host->GetCache();
    BaseObject* obj = NULL;
    if (cache) {
        obj = cache->GetDown();
        if (obj) obj->Remove();
    }
    if (!obj) obj = BaseObject::Alloc(Ocube);
    if (obj) obj->InsertUnder(root);
  
    // ..
  
    return root;
}

Can I do this safely?

Thanks,
-Niklas

On 21/05/2013 at 03:22, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I don't get the question, simply copy the atom you grabbed from the cache ? Are you trying
to keep some sort of live link to the generators cache ? I am not sure what happens if you 
do insert parts of an objects cache into the document. What do you  expect the generator
object to do ? It has either to rebuild the cache (and set it at some point to Null) or not.

my cheap pythonish cents,
happy rendering,
ferdinand

On 21/05/2013 at 03:26, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

simply copy the atom you grabbed from the cache ?

The point is to not copy/reallocate the object for optimizing the object generating.  

Anyway, I just checked and so far it seems to work fine. I remove the object I want to re-use
from the cache (which is the parent) and I didn't get crashes or memory leaks.

Best,
-nik