ok to retain reference to MObject that is NOT in, or from, DG/DataBlock?

[campbell]

Hi,

I have a scenario where i need to construct large meshes, then variously output those same meshes with various extra data 'appended' to them them.

If i have a preComputeBasicMeshes() that does something like:

MObject basicMesh_DObj = MFnMeshData().create();

MFnMesh().create(
    ...,
    ...,
    basicMesh_DObj
);

keptForReuse_DObjs[x] = basicMesh_DObj;

... and those MObjects are not inserted into a MDataBlock, then, can i pick them up at any stage, make a copy, set MFnMesh on to those and blat them out into the DG? 

Safely.

I woudln't keep a reference to a DG/dataBlock derived or inserted one, for obvious reasons, ... but if you're just making a 'local instance' of the MObject, and it would seem only your node has reference to it, will it be ok?

... i do have that arrangement working, but have i just been lucky thus far with black-boxed memory configurations, and am simply asking for trouble?

Cheers!

C.