Re: [Visualpython-users] deleting objects

[Jonathan B. <jbr...@ea...>]

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 12:15 +0000, Hans Fangohr wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I was trying to delete visual python objects. Following the suggestions 
> made in this email 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6392639&forum_id=3591,
> 
> I thought this should be straightforward as follows
> 
> 
> from visual import *
> 
> x = sphere()
> 
> #window appears, sphere appears in window
> 
> del x    #delete x, therefore removing reference to x
> 
> #here I expected the sphere to disappear but this was not the case.
> 
> What am I getting wrong here?

It appears you missed the point of the message you are referring to.
Visual still owns a reference to the object, which you must destroy
first by setting x.visible = False before deleting it.

-Jonathan