Index: trunk/psLib/src/collections/psMetadata.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/collections/psMetadata.c	(revision 3264)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/collections/psMetadata.c	(revision 3286)
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
 *
-*  @version $Revision: 1.51 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
-*  @date $Date: 2005-02-17 19:26:23 $
+*  @version $Revision: 1.52 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+*  @date $Date: 2005-02-18 22:17:20 $
 *
 *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -344,5 +344,5 @@
     }
     // Decrement reference count, since the metadata item is now in metadata collection and no longer needed
-    psMemDecrRefCounter(metadataItem);
+    psFree(metadataItem);
 
     return true;
@@ -453,4 +453,5 @@
 { \
     psMetadataItem *metadataItem = NULL; \
+    ps##TYPE value = 0; \
     \
     if (status) { \
@@ -469,25 +470,32 @@
         switch (metadataItem->pType) { \
         case PS_TYPE_S32: \
-            return metadataItem->data.S32; \
+            value = (ps##TYPE)metadataItem->data.S32; \
+            break; \
         case PS_TYPE_F32: \
-            return metadataItem->data.F32; \
+            value = (ps##TYPE)metadataItem->data.F32; \
+            break; \
         case PS_TYPE_F64: \
-            return metadataItem->data.F64; \
+            value = (ps##TYPE)metadataItem->data.F64; \
+            break; \
         case PS_TYPE_BOOL: \
             if (metadataItem->data.B) { \
-                return 1; \
+                value = 1; \
             } \
-            return 0; \
+            break; \
         default: \
+            /* if you get to this point, the value is not a number. */ \
+            if (status) { \
+                *status = false; \
+            } \
             break; \
+        } \
+    } else { \
+        if (status) { \
+            *status = false; \
         } \
     } \
     \
-    /* if you get to this point, the value is not a number. */ \
-    if (status) { \
-        *status = false; \
-    } \
-    \
-    return 0; \
+    /* psFree(metadataItem); currently, the lookup doesn't increment the ref count */ \
+    return value; \
 }