Re: [IMP-dev] Common object base

[Ben Webb <>]

Daniel Russel wrote:
> I was worried that I was having issues with python prematurely deleting 
> objects so I added a common base class on the heap allocated objects (to 
> replace boost::noncopyable). This class enforces the non-copyability as 
> well as uses a conservative heuristic to keep track of when the object 
> has been deleted but is still in use and to try to throw an exception 
> when such has been detected.
>
> We don't currently have issues with object ownership in IMP, but they 
> are a pain to track down when they occur as python generally just 
> unceremoniously bombs. And it gets rid of the funny IMP/boost files.
>
> A few other bounds checks and null pointer checks have been added also.

Sounds reasonable to me; committed as r651. The patch also included a 
bunch of changes to the graph and bond decorators, which I did not 
apply, as it was entirely unrelated. You can put that in a separate 
patch (with a relevant log message) if you like.

	Ben
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