Hi Rutger, this looks reasonable. I'll see how to implement is for all collections. Cheers, Fons. > Hi, > > I want to remove an object from a TList. From this object I only have a > it's name. It seems to me that I have to loop through the TList twice to > remove the object. What I do: > > I have: > > TList *fList; // containing several objects > Text_t *name; // which has the name of an object in fList to be removed > > I do: > > TObject *obj = fList->FindObject(name); > fList->Remove(obj); > > Looking into the code I see that both members of TList loop through the > list. What I would like is: > > fList->Remove(name); > > Not iterating the list twice in this case could also be achieved if we > get a member > > TObjLink TList::FindObject(name); > > and then use > > TList::DeleteLink(TObjLink *lnk); > > but this is (correctly!, becuase a user of TList should not have to know > it is implemented with TObjLinks) a protected memeber. > > If I don't miss another option to achieve this my 'request for > enhancement' is to implement TList::Remove(name). It shouldn't be to > difficult, and can safe time in case of long lists. > > Thanks, > > Rutger van der Eijk > -- Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland Phone: +41 22 7679248 E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch Fax: +41 22 7677910
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