From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:28:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: The DoFHandler never freed the memory it has allocated upon
X-Git-Tag: v8.0.0~18547
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a8b1236e82c099eb6768d1b30683a6be26e19e2c;p=dealii.git

The DoFHandler never freed the memory it has allocated upon
destruction! Fix this.


git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@5287 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d
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diff --git a/deal.II/deal.II/source/dofs/dof_handler.cc b/deal.II/deal.II/source/dofs/dof_handler.cc
index a66760356a..fe4818a029 100644
--- a/deal.II/deal.II/source/dofs/dof_handler.cc
+++ b/deal.II/deal.II/source/dofs/dof_handler.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ DoFHandler<dim>::DoFHandler (Triangulation<dim> &tria) :
 
 template <int dim>
 DoFHandler<dim>::~DoFHandler ()
-{};
+{
+				   // release allocated memory
+  clear ();
+};
 
 
 #if deal_II_dimension == 1
diff --git a/deal.II/doc/news/2001/c-3-2.html b/deal.II/doc/news/2001/c-3-2.html
index d93386b97a..4586570065 100644
--- a/deal.II/doc/news/2001/c-3-2.html
+++ b/deal.II/doc/news/2001/c-3-2.html
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ documentation, etc</a>.
 <h3>deal.II</h3>
 
 <ol>
+  <li> <p>
+       Fixed: he <code class="class">DoFHandler</code> class had a
+       memory leak. This is now fixed.
+       <br>
+       (WB 2001/11/28)
+       </p>
+
   <li> <p> Fixed: The <code
        class="member">GridRefinement::refine</code>
        function failed when the threshold was zero. This is now fixed.