Re: Gtk::Widget::destory() ?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 16:50 +0200, Maik Beckmann wrote:
> > > vbox->remove( *pbar ) ;
> > > 
> > > At this point it should be destroyed automatically. 
> > 
> > No, child widgets are not destroyed when you remove them (well, since we
> > fixed that bug, in 2.6 or 2.8). That would be quite random.
> > 
> > They _are_ destroyed, if they are managed, when the parent container is
> > destroyed, if the child is _still_ a child of that parent.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Murray Cumming
> 
> So calling gtk_widget_destroy is a good way to prevent an unnecessary memory consuption, if a huge number of Widgets is created on the fly ?

No, calling gtk_widget_destroy() will probably always lead to disaster.

If you want to delete your widgets, or any other object, then use the C
++ keyword "delete".

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