Added a lifeline to keep my sanity about lifetimes. Not sure if this will stay or not...

new/GNUmakefile

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ baseHFILES = \
 
 baseCFILES = \
 	box.c \
+	lifetimes.c \
 	$(osCFILES)
 
 baseMFILES = $(osMFILES)

new/lifetimes.c

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// 25 april 2015
+#include "ui.h"
+#include "uipriv.h"
+
+// called by uiParentDestroy() and any container control in its uiControlDestroy()
+void properlyDestroyControl(uiControl *c)
+{
+	uiControlSetOSContainer(c, NULL);
+	uiControlSetHasParent(c, 0);
+	uiControlDestroy(c);
+}

new/uipriv.h

@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ extern void *uiRealloc(void *, size_t, const char *);
 extern void uiFree(void *);
 
 extern void complain(const char *, ...);
+
+// lifetimes.c
+extern void properlyDestroyControl(uiControl *);