[omniORB] Allocation of memory for sequence "vars"

[Gary Duzan]

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   "Frederic Prin" <frederic.prin at silvaco.com> wrote:

=>From: "Green, Wallace J" <wallace.j.green at boeing.com>
=>
=>>I have a very simple sequence that I am allocating and would like to 
=>>check that the allocation was successful.
=>>
=>>The IDL is :
=>>
=>>    interface SEQ {
=>>
=>>        enum ABC { want, more };
=>>        typedef sequence<ABC> ABCseq;
=>>    };
=>
=>Yes, what about testing
=>
=>if( me == SEQ::ABCseq::_nil() )
=>
=>Or 
=>
=>If ( CORBA::is_nil(me) )

   Those only work if you are dealing with a CORBA object reference.
Here we are dealing with a pointer to a sequence, so it won't work.

					Gary Duzan
					BBN Technologies