From a2fdaba16d096c265be6b495a8dd88860047ef29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Moffat <hkmoffa@sandia.gov>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:17:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed a potentially fatal error of doing a delete in a
 destructor on the object containing the destructor.

---
 Cantera/src/units.h | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cantera/src/units.h b/Cantera/src/units.h
index b36766b78..f0ea6a54f 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/units.h
+++ b/Cantera/src/units.h
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ namespace Cantera {
             return __u;
         }
 
+	static void deleteUnit() {
+	    if (__u) {
+	      delete __u;
+	      __u = 0;
+	    }
+	}
+
         virtual ~Unit() {
-            delete __u;
-            __u = 0;
         }
 
         doublereal actEnergyToSI(string units) {