From 2716bc4cdaf804649f9bb3c0ff457ec77e5692e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Redmond Urbino <redmondurbino+github@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:38:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] proper solution when calling removeTask with a task name

---
 direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py b/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
index 0f94cb4867..10f5832c13 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ class DirectObject:
     
     def removeTask(self, taskOrName):
         if type(taskOrName) == type(''):
-            taskMgr.remove(taskOrName)
+            # we must use a copy, since task.remove will modify self._taskList
+            taskListValues = self._taskList.values()
+            for task in taskListValues:
+                if task.name == taskOrName:
+                    task.remove()            
         else:
             taskOrName.remove()