From 4eec0c02fc2b9278571f4f3db4623d04e7eefd9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Maya B. Gokhale" <gokhale2@llnl.gov>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 15:06:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] improving destructor for hNode

---
 plugins/xlat/hNode.h | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/xlat/hNode.h b/plugins/xlat/hNode.h
index e4daa37bc..c3e99daea 100644
--- a/plugins/xlat/hNode.h
+++ b/plugins/xlat/hNode.h
@@ -71,8 +71,17 @@ namespace hnode {
       h_name = s;
       h_op = h;
     }
-  
-    ~hNode() { if (!is_leaf) child_list.clear(); }
+
+    ~hNode() {
+      if (!child_list.empty()) {
+	list<hNodep>::iterator it;
+	for (it = child_list.begin(); it != child_list.end(); ++it) {
+	  delete *it;
+	}
+      }
+      //cout << "visited hNode destructor\n";
+	    
+    }
   
 
     void setleaf(string s, hdlopsEnum h) {