Changeset a3261d7 in git for modules

Timestamp:

Jul 22, 2020, 9:10:56 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

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Branches:

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Children:

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Parents:

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git-author:

Stephen Sekula <stephensekula@…> (07/22/20 21:10:56)

git-committer:

GitHub <noreply@…> (07/22/20 21:10:56)

Message:

Clone candidate before altering its PID property

Currently, if a particle is accepted for mapping onto a new particle ID (PID), the original copy of the candidate (which might be owned by a module upstream of the IdentificationMap instance) is altered. This may have unintended consequences. For example, what if the intent is not to alter the original particle, but rather to create a new list of particles with alternate PID settings? If one alters the original candidate's PID setting, then after-the-fact it's not possible to compare how the PID algorithm performed (e.g. you lose the ability to do efficiency and mis-identification studies to cross-check the implementation of the IdentificaionMap in the first place).

This change clones the candidate before then altering its PID variable and storing it in the output list.

File:

• modules/IdentificationMap.cc (modified) (1 diff)

modules/IdentificationMap.cc

@@ -170 +170 @@
       {
         // change PID of particle
+        candidate = static_cast<Candidate *>(candidate->Clone());
         if(pdgCodeOut != 0) candidate->PID = charge * pdgCodeOut;
         fOutputArray->Add(candidate);