# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1151721226 0
# Node ID 210c5c98c40314e20e582f12a0529278f3f52062
# Parent  b6ef36e92701be49c7ddd8cdf976d69b9a4e6259
[project @ 2006-07-01 02:33:45 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-06-30  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
+	* ov-base.cc (octave_base_value::numeric_assign):
+	Avoid memory leak when converting LHS.
+
 	* oct-hist.cc (do_history, initialize_history, Fhistory_file):
 	Don't perform tilde expansion on history file name.
 
diff --git a/src/ov-base.cc b/src/ov-base.cc
--- a/src/ov-base.cc
+++ b/src/ov-base.cc
@@ -934,11 +934,13 @@
 
 	  if (cf)
 	    {
-	      octave_base_value *tmp (cf (*this));
+	      octave_base_value *tmp = cf (*this);
 
 	      if (tmp)
 		{
-		  retval = tmp->subsasgn (type, idx, rhs);
+		  octave_value val (tmp);
+
+		  retval = val.subsasgn (type, idx, rhs);
 
 		  done = (! error_state);
 		}