From 9b44b178162dbbbd0d05604075a07443e6438cde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul P.H. Wilson" <paul.wilson@wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:14:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] pass the unpackaged by reference

---
 src/package.cc | 2 +-
 src/package.h  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/package.cc b/src/package.cc
index eff5c6b1d4..bf2503d341 100644
--- a/src/package.cc
+++ b/src/package.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Package::Ptr Package::Create(std::string name, double fill_min, double fill_max,
 // singleton pattern: 
 // if the static member is not yet set, create a new object
 // otherwise return the object that already exists
-Package::Ptr unpackaged() {
+Package::Ptr& unpackaged() {
 
   if !unpackaged_ {
     unpackaged_ = new Package(unpackaged_name_);
diff --git a/src/package.h b/src/package.h
index 1075633d54..0baecf7602 100644
--- a/src/package.h
+++ b/src/package.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Package {
 
     static const int unpackaged_id_ = 1;
     static const char* unpackaged_name_ = "unpackaged";
-    static Ptr unpackaged_ = NULL;
+    static Ptr& unpackaged_ = NULL;
     static int next_package_id_;
 
     std::string name_;