Allow user to unload a class from memory programmatically - plug-in architectures will benefit

[PrimaryKey]

There are some cool methods to load VIs programatically and also to load classes programatically. There is however no way to unload a plug-in class from memory.

This should be a VI available in LabVIEW to do this kind of operation programatically. It can look like this:

Adding this method to LabVIEW would be a big benefit for large architectures, I think.

[PNR]

True, this sometimes causes my main VI to have a broken arrow after the first run, just because LabVIEW keeps the plug-in classes into memory. Close Project -> Open Project works but is tedious.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

There are technical limitations preventing this idea from ever being implemented. Short story: It would require the ability to track all instances of the class in memory and such tracking imposes a severe performance penalty that hampers execution of classes everywhere. This is a limitation imposed by most other programming languages that support dynamic type loading for similar reasons. For details: https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-13724#comment-14806

[Darren]

There are technical limitations preventing a LabVIEW class from being unloaded once it is loaded. More details in AristosQueue's post here: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Allow-user-to-unload-a-class-from-memory-programmatica...