Deleting the shell

ID:156162
 
Dec 15 2010, 11:39 am
 
client
    proc
        NewClass(var/NewClass)
            switch(NewClass)
                if("Thief")
                    var/mob/A
                    A=new/mob/Classes/Thief
                    A.name=mob.name
                    mob=A

Well, this works, only I have two things I'm wondering:
1) Is there a more efficient way to change mob paths? Or make this way more efficient?

2) It creates a shell of your former self behind, which I want to delete. How should I go about getting rid of that useless shell?

Thanks for reading/helping!
Dec 15 2010, 11:51 am
 
var/classPath = text2path("/mob/Classes/[NewClass]")
var/mob/A = new classpath


The shell you're referring to automatically gets picked up by BYONDs Garbage Collector. You can, however, simple set it to null.

A=null


That way, the GC won't have to look for what to collect, but will know, which saves resources.