[omniORB] Object_var leak memory

[Duncan Grisby]

On Friday 25 July, Slava Garelin wrote:

> Why next code losing memory?
> 
>   CORBA::Object_var obj;
>   while(true){
>       obj = new CORBA::Object;
>   }

That code is illegal according to the C++ mapping, so you should have
no expectation about what it might do. What you are seeing is a
side-effect of the way omniORB handles nil object references.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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