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diff --git a/src/expr/node_manager.h b/src/expr/node_manager.h
index 61ef1d39d..eced00c48 100644
--- a/src/expr/node_manager.h
+++ b/src/expr/node_manager.h
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class NodeManager {
std::vector<NodeManagerListener*> d_listeners;
/** A list of datatypes owned by this node manager. */
- std::vector<Datatype*> d_ownedDatatypes;
+ std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DType> > d_ownedDTypes;
/**
* A map of tuple and record types to their corresponding datatype.
@@ -428,9 +428,17 @@ public:
}
/** register datatype */
- unsigned registerDatatype(Datatype* dt);
- /** get datatype for index */
- const Datatype & getDatatypeForIndex( unsigned index ) const;
+ size_t registerDatatype(std::shared_ptr<DType> dt);
+ /**
+ * Return the datatype at the given index owned by this class. Type nodes are
+ * associated with datatypes through the DatatypeIndexConstant class. The
+ * argument index is intended to be a value taken from that class.
+ *
+ * Type nodes must access their DTypes through a level of indirection to
+ * prevent cycles in the Node AST (as DTypes themselves contain Nodes), which
+ * would lead to memory leaks. Thus TypeNode are given a DatatypeIndexConstant
+ * which is used as an index to retrieve the DType via this call.
+ */
const DType& getDTypeForIndex(unsigned index) const;
/** Get a Kind from an operator expression */
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