From 6ba9a8aabca1fa286f5a850f72aec826de700e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Brambilla <abramb@statoil.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:36:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Do not free EnKFMain (the garbage collector will take car of
 that)

---
 python/python/ert_gui/ertnotifier.py          |  5 +++--
 python/python/ert_gui/ertplot.py              | 15 +++++---------
 python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py            | 20 ++++++++-----------
 .../python/ert_gui/shell/ert_shell_context.py |  4 ----
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/ertnotifier.py b/python/python/ert_gui/ertnotifier.py
index 0b07558a2fd..d0e7e9713a5 100644
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/ertnotifier.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/ertnotifier.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-from res.enkf import EnKFMain
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
+from res.enkf import EnKFMain
+
 
 class ErtNotifier(QObject):
     ertChanged = pyqtSignal()
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def reloadERT(self, config_file):
         python_executable = sys.executable
         ert_gui_main = sys.argv[0]
 
-        self._ert.free()
+        self._ert = None
         os.execl(python_executable, python_executable, ert_gui_main, config_file)
 
 
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/ertplot.py b/python/python/ert_gui/ertplot.py
index 387bded3a30..9dd92df1354 100755
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/ertplot.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/ertplot.py
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 
-import sys
-import os
 from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication
-import time
-from res.enkf import EnKFMain, ResConfig
 from ecl.util.util import Version
 from ert_gui.ert_splash import ErtSplash
 from ert_gui.ertwidgets import resourceIcon
-from ert_gui.tools.plot.plot_window import PlotWindow
-
-
 import ert_gui.ertwidgets
+from ert_gui.tools.plot.plot_window import PlotWindow
+import os
+from res.enkf import EnKFMain, ResConfig
+import sys
+import time
 
 if os.getenv("ERT_SHARE_PATH"):
     ert_share_path = os.getenv("ERT_SHARE_PATH")
@@ -70,9 +68,6 @@ def main(argv):
     window.activateWindow()
     window.raise_()
     finished_code = app.exec_()
-
-    ert.free()
-
     sys.exit(finished_code)
 
 
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py b/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py
index 2b35422a567..d71318d8742 100755
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py
@@ -110,22 +110,15 @@
 #
 # -------------------- </Example shell script> --------------------
 
-import os
-import sys
-import time
-
 from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication, QFileDialog
-
-import ert_gui.ertwidgets
 from ecl.util.util import EclVersion
-from res.util import ResVersion
-from res.enkf import EnKFMain, ResConfig
-from res.util import ResLog
 from ert_gui import ErtVersion
 from ert_gui.ert_splash import ErtSplash
 from ert_gui.ertwidgets import SummaryPanel, resourceIcon
+import ert_gui.ertwidgets
 from ert_gui.main_window import GertMainWindow
+from ert_gui.newconfig import NewConfigurationDialog
 from ert_gui.simulation.simulation_panel import SimulationPanel
 from ert_gui.tools import HelpCenter
 from ert_gui.tools.export import ExportTool
@@ -137,6 +130,12 @@
 from ert_gui.tools.plugins import PluginHandler, PluginsTool
 from ert_gui.tools.run_analysis import RunAnalysisTool
 from ert_gui.tools.workflows import WorkflowsTool
+import os
+from res.enkf import EnKFMain, ResConfig
+from res.util import ResLog
+from res.util import ResVersion
+import sys
+import time
 
 if os.getenv("ERT_SHARE_PATH"):
     ert_share_path = os.getenv("ERT_SHARE_PATH")
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@
 
 ert_gui.ertwidgets.img_prefix = ert_share_path + "/gui/img/"
 
-from ert_gui.newconfig import NewConfigurationDialog
 
 
 def main(argv):
@@ -253,8 +251,6 @@ def main(argv):
     window.raise_()
     ResLog.log(3, "Versions ecl:%s  res:%s   ert:%s" % (EclVersion( ), ResVersion( ), ErtVersion( )))
     finished_code = app.exec_()
-    ert.free()
-
     sys.exit(finished_code)
 
 
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/shell/ert_shell_context.py b/python/python/ert_gui/shell/ert_shell_context.py
index c145403eae4..df1a076d3a1 100644
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/shell/ert_shell_context.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/shell/ert_shell_context.py
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ def ert(self):
 
     def setErt(self, ert):
         """ @type ert: res.enkf.enkf_main.EnKFMain """
-        if self.__ert is not None and self.__ert != ert:
-            self.__ert.free()
-            self.__ert = None
-
         self.__ert = ert
 
     @property