Memory error

[ljlamarche]

Description

This is a draft PR to make it easier to track some of the issues/changes pertinent to #115. The main problem was a variety of memory errors that seemed to occur somewhat randomly when an Apex object was initialized, but there seem to be several things that potentially could contribute to this. (See #115 for ongoing discussion - will copy main points to this thread when ready to review).

Fixes #115 (not yet)

Type of change

Please delete options that are not relevant.

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

How Has This Been Tested?

• Confirm that short example scripts can be run.
• Check that the fortran test program compiles and generates the correct output.
• Standard unit tests

Test Configuration

• Operating system: MacOS 12.6.1 M1
• Python version number: 3.10.9
• Compiler with version number: gfortran 12.2.0

Checklist

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