From a5019ff8a4da7379982fe6d42d37458fe539974b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Loeliger <loeliger@wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:13:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] initialize model_lib_ to nullptr for defined destructor
 behavior

---
 src/hls4ml/emulator.cc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/hls4ml/emulator.cc b/src/hls4ml/emulator.cc
index 21ca6f5..97e1c9f 100644
--- a/src/hls4ml/emulator.cc
+++ b/src/hls4ml/emulator.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using namespace hls4mlEmulator;
 
 ModelLoader::ModelLoader(std::string model_name)
 {
+    model_lib_ = nullptr; // Set to null for defined destructor behavior in case of failed load
     model_name_ = std::move(model_name);
     model_name_.append(".so");
 }