petsc-3.4.2 2013-07-02

# PetscObjectDereference

Indicates to any PetscObject that it is being referenced by one less PetscObject. This decreases the reference count for that object by one.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PetscObjectDereference(PetscObject obj)

Collective on PetscObject if reference reaches 0 otherwise Logically Collective

### Input Parameter

obj -the PETSc object; this must be cast with (PetscObject), for example, PetscObjectDereference((PetscObject)mat);

Notes: PetscObjectDestroy(PetscObject *obj) sets the obj pointer to null after the call, this routine does not.

### See Also

PetscObjectCompose(), PetscObjectReference()

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Location: src/sys/objects/inherit.c
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