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    <p>I have an OpenGL GLUT-based (yes, I know, GLUT is ancient) C++ program that alternatingly prints out a blue rectangle and a red square, located at the point in the GLUT window where the user clicks the mouse. This is working fine.</p> <p>I encountered a mind-boggling amount of trouble, however, when I attempted to modify the above program so that the aforementioned shapes REMAIN on the canvas after their initial animation. </p> <p>I have created a Shape class which holds such information as the number of vertices, color, coordinates, etc. The class seems fully functional when the program is only drawing one shape at a time. </p> <p>In order to solve the multiple-shapes-at-once problem, I created a <code>std::list&lt;Shape&gt;</code> linked list. However, when I iterate through the linked list via the <code>std::list&lt;Shape&gt;::iterator</code> mechanism, the objects appear to be tied together in memory. That is, iteration yields the exact same shape object, coordinates and all, for each index in the Linked List.</p> <p>I have tried the following solutions:</p> <p>making the linked list a <code>std::list&lt;Shape*&gt;</code> instead of a <code>std::list&lt;Shape&gt;</code>,</p> <ul> <li>utilizing the heap for object allocation via <code>Shape* my_shape = new Shape(params)</code>,</li> <li>and combining the the two above methods.</li> </ul> <p>Here is my <code>void display()</code> GLUT function, along with the relevant global variables AND the class definition/declaration:</p> <pre><code>class Shape { public: Shape(); Shape(int, double[], int[]); int type; //0 = rectangle, 1 = circle, 2 = triangle int numVertices; //stores total number of vertices in the 2D object. double* vertexArray; //a dynamic array that stores each vertex's (x, y)-coordinates in alternating successive indices int* rgb; //an array that contains the 3 rgb values s.t. rgb = {r, g, b} double* center; //an array that contains the (x, y)-coordinates of the shape's center on the 2d plane. int velocity[2]; //a array of size 2 that holds the object's x-velocity in index 0 and the object's y-velocity in index 1 }; //default Shape constructor Shape::Shape() { } //Shape constructor Shape::Shape(int shapeType, double vertices[], int color[]) //constructor for creating a stationary 2D shape { type = shapeType; if (shapeType!=1) //as long as shape is NOT a circle, interpret the second constructor parameter as a list of vertices { vertexArray = vertices; } rgb = color; if (shapeType==0) //shape is a rectangle { numVertices = 4; } else if(shapeType==1) //shape is a circle { //shape is a circle, therefore the second array param is in fact an array of size 2 containing the (x, y)-coordinates of the circle origin... center = vertices; } else if (shapeType==2) //shape is a triangle { numVertices = 3; } } std::list&lt;Shape&gt; shapeList; void my_display(void) { /* clear the buffer */ glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); //altFlag is just a value to allow alternating between rectangles/circles being printed if (altFlag==1) { printf("Drawing rectangle at: (%g, %g)\n", my_x, my_y); /*instantiate a Shape() object representing a blue rectangle*/ int rgbColor[3] = {0, 0, 1}; double vertices[4] = {my_x/window_w, my_y/window_h, my_x/window_w + my_rect_w, my_y/window_h + my_rect_h}; Shape my_rectangle(0, vertices, rgbColor); //uses constructor (shape type, list of vertex coordinates, length of coordinate list, color) glColor3f((GLfloat)my_rectangle.rgb[0], (GLfloat)my_rectangle.rgb[1], (GLfloat)my_rectangle.rgb[2]) ; /* (Red, Green, Blue); so here we ask for Blue */ glRectf(my_rectangle.vertexArray[0], my_rectangle.vertexArray[1], my_rectangle.vertexArray[2], my_rectangle.vertexArray[3]); //call to function to draw a rectangle altFlag=0; shapeList.push_front(my_rectangle); } else { /*instantiate a Shape() object representing a red circle*/ int circleColor[3] = {1, 0, 0}; double circleCenter[2] = {(my_x), (my_y)}; //{center x coord, center y coord} //Shape* my_circle = new Shape(1, circleCenter, circleColor); Shape my_circle(1, circleCenter, circleColor); glColor3f(my_circle.rgb[0], my_circle.rgb[1], my_circle.rgb[2]); glCirclef(my_circle.center[0], my_circle.center[1]); //call to function to draw pseudocircle altFlag=1; shapeList.push_front(my_circle); } //iterate over shapeList, print out values of the rgb array. for (std::list&lt;Shape&gt;::iterator iter = shapeList.begin(); iter != shapeList.end(); iter++) { printf("%d, %d, %d\n", iter-&gt;rgb[0], iter-&gt;rgb[1], iter-&gt;rgb[2]); } glutSwapBuffers(); return; </code></pre> <p>While this is part of an assignment, the question pertains to the language being used, as opposed to the graphics library which is the focus of the course. </p>
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    1. COPlease show the definition of `Shape` and its member functions (at least the constructor).
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    2. COEdited, thanks!
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    3. COYou've been writing too much Java. There are so many memory management mistakes in that code that it's impossible to point them all out. At the very least, use `std::vector` for your arrays.
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