Fix loss of application name and version (#1835)

The application name and version were cleared in a call of the GApplication::clear() method, but these properties should be conserved. Now they are, and a call of the GApplication::clear() will perform the same actions than a call of the name and version constructor.

Fix loss of application name and version (#1835)
The application name and version were cleared in a call of the GApplication::clear() method, but these properties should be conserved. Now they are, and a call of the GApplication::clear() will perform the same actions than a call of the name and version constructor.
Jürgen Knödlseder
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ChangeLog
NEWS
README.md
src/app/GApplication.cpp
-2016-08-03
+2016-08-04
  
         * Version 1.2.0 released
         =========================
  
+        Fix loss of application name and version (#1835)
         Add methods for logging in applications (#1828)
         Fix removal of Python wrappers after make clean (#1826)
         Add GModelSpectralExpInvPlaw class (#1800)
 New Features and Important Changes in GammaLib 1.2.0
  
-3 August 2016
+4 August 2016
  
  
 1. Introduction
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ log_header2(), and log_header3() have been introduced. There are three
 variants of log_value() for strings, integers and double precision values
 (#1828).
  
+The application name and version and now conserved in a GApplication::clear()
+method call and the application is properly initialised like in the call of
+a constructor (#1835).
+
  
 5. Base module
 --------------
 GammaLib information
 ====================
-* Version: 1.2.0.dev1 (3 August 2016)
+* Version: 1.2.0.dev1 (4 August 2016)
 * Author:  Juergen Knoedlseder (jurgen.knodlseder@irap.omp.eu)
  
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@@ -238,12 +238,32 @@ GApplication&amp; GApplication::operator=(const GApplication&amp; app)
  ***************************************************************************/
 void GApplication::clear(void)
 {
+    // Save application name and version as we need them to reconstruct
+    // the application after freeing and initialising its members
+    std::string name    = m_name;
+    std::string version = m_version;
+
     // Free members
     free_members();
  
     // Initialise members
     init_members();
  
+    // Recover saved application name and version
+    m_name    = name;
+    m_version = version;
+
+    // Set default parfile and logfile name
+    m_parfile = name+".par";
+    m_logfile = name+".log";
+
+    // Initialise application parameters
+    m_pars.load(par_filename());
+
+    // Set log filename and chattiness
+    set_log_filename();
+    set_log_chatter();
+
     // Return
     return;
 }