VMD-L Mailing List

From: Ajasja Ljubetič (ajasja.ljubetic_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat May 28 2011 - 02:24:03 CDT

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 00:05, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Ajasja Ljubetič
> <ajasja.ljubetic_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > the problem is you can't have anonymous atom selections (atomselections
> > that are not saved to a variable).
>
> this is not correct, one can very well do that.
>
>
> the advantage of using a variable here is that
> $s2 delete
> $s1 delete
> can be added to clean up and avoid memory leaks.
>
>
Sorry, I had this
thread<http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/16011.html>
at
the back of my mind, but I forgot the exact reason why anonymous atom
selections were not recommended (and rarely seen in example code).

Best regards,
Ajasja