#1718 VirtualRefinement leaks memory
Metadata
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Reported by | Carsten Gräser (graeser@math.fu-berlin.de) |
| Reported at | Sep 24, 2015 10:30 |
| Type | Bug Report |
| Version | Git (pre3.0) |
| Operating System | Unspecified / All |
| Last edited by | Carsten Gräser (graeser@math.fu-berlin.de) |
| Last edited at | Sep 24, 2015 10:32 |
Description
VirtualRefinementImp::instance() allocates a new VirtualRefinementImp object and returns a reference and not pointer.
Since a user will not call "delete &refinement;" in general this produces a memory leak, which can, e.g., be observed in the SubsamplingVTKWriter. To fix this issue the factory method should either return a pointer, or (better) a shared_ptr, or (even better) a unique_ptr.