Re: [ROOT] ProfilesX and memory leak

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 18:16:21 MEST


Hi Mariusz,

This warning message is a bit misleading. It means that Root has taken
the decision to automatically delete a previous histogram with identical name to
avoid a memory leak.

Rene Brun

Mariusz Sapinski wrote:
> 
>  Hello,
> 
>  every time i execute:
> 
>          TProfile *yShp01 = yShape01->ProfileX("",0,100);
>          yShp01->Rebin(yShp01->GetNbinsX()/nbinsc);
> 
> (in macro, root v. 3.04) i get message:
> 
> Warning in <TH1::Build>: Replacing existing histogram:  (Potential memory
> leak).
> 
>  is it normal?
> 
> --
> Mariusz



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