AtNode * lifetime

[alan-LFL]

Hi all,

I'm curious about the lifetime of an AtNode *.

Let's say in node_initialize I grab another node's AtNode *. Is it valid/okay to store that inside the struct I have for my node's local data to use it within node_update? Or should I be performing an AiNodeLookupByName within node_update to grab a fresh pointer? (incase anything has been ditched, reallocated, moved or otherwise messed with).

If either is fine, I assume keeping is preferable for (extremely minor, I'd assume) perf benefit. Is that reasonable?

Cheers,

Alan.

[Stephen.Blair · Accepted solution]

Hi Alan

The devs say "That sounds about right, I'd update the node pointer in each node_update call (which will help with IPR changes anyway)."

[alan-LFL]

Thanks very much, Stephen.

Cheers,

Alan.