The .getData().castToShape() construct ...

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CVH
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The .getData().castToShape() construct ...

Post by CVH » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:24 pm

Andrew,
In 2016 you wrote:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php? ... 048#p15048
The Object.getData().castToShape() construct is generally not a good idea since a data object
is created (but not used) and a pointer to it's shape is retrieved which is well used.
The data object will get deleted by the garbage collector and the pointer will become invalid.


Launched a textual search on the use of '.castToShape()' in my scripts ...
Missed the correct button and the search was in all files. :lol:

Found the construction here:
  • HatchFromSelection.js: HatchFromSelection.traverse() 3x
    Explode.js: Explode.explodeEntity 4x
    qcadscripts.dll: InfoPolylineArea.prototype.pickEntity
Occurred also plenty in my scripts as I have copied the 'shorter' method literally. :oops:

Regards,
CVH

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