MLeaks in unit creation

[dracolich]

MemoryLeaks in unit creation

Well, i have a point, where will spawn units only once.
I have a var for this point, and question is:
Should i remove and recreate var every single unit spawn, or I can destroy it only once at end of trigger, when all units will be create?

 

[AoW_Hun7312]

Use coordinates (reals) for this, so you don't have to null the point.

 

[Accname]

and to answer your question you can destryo it at the end. you dont have to redefine it for every usage if its still the same point.

 

[Bribe]

To know whether something leaks, you should be looking at the JASS script. When something takes nothing and returns a handle-based object, and is not a BJ function, you can be 99% sure that it allocated memory and will need to be removed somehow.

If you have a variable set to that returned value, that variable is not re-created each time it is referenced; it is just a reference to the already-created object.

10,000 references to a point will not leak any more than 1 reference to it.

That said, if you re-set the variable to a different position, you need to remove it before re-setting it. Alternatively, there is a native called MoveLocation which is only found in JASS.