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+# file: runme.tcl
+
+# This file illustrates the manipulation of C++ references in Tcl
+
+catch { load ./example[info sharedlibextension] example}
+
+# ----- Object creation -----
+
+puts "Creating some objects:"
+set  a [new_Vector 3 4 5]
+set  b [new_Vector 10 11 12]
+
+puts "    Created [Vector_print $a]"
+puts "    Created [Vector_print $b]"
+
+# ----- Call an overloaded operator -----
+
+# This calls the wrapper we placed around
+#
+#      operator+(const Vector &a, const Vector &) 
+#
+# It returns a new allocated object.
+
+puts "Adding a+b"
+set c [addv $a $b]
+puts "    a+b = [Vector_print $c]"
+
+# Note: Unless we free the result, a memory leak will occur
+delete_Vector $c
+
+# ----- Create a vector array -----
+
+# Note: Using the high-level interface here
+puts "Creating an array of vectors"
+VectorArray va 10
+puts "    va = [va cget -this]"
+
+
+# ----- Set some values in the array -----
+
+# These operators copy the value of $a and $b to the vector array
+va set 0 $a
+va set 1 $b
+
+# This will work, but it will cause a memory leak!
+
+va set 2 [addv $a $b]
+
+# The non-leaky way to do it
+
+set c [addv $a $b]
+va set 3 $c
+delete_Vector $c
+
+# Get some values from the array
+
+puts "Getting some array values"
+for {set i 0} {$i < 5} {incr i 1} {
+    puts "    va($i) = [Vector_print [va get $i]]"
+}
+
+# Watch under resource meter to check on this
+puts "Making sure we don't leak memory."
+for {set i 0} {$i < 1000000} {incr i 1} {
+    set c [va get [expr {$i % 10}]]
+}
+
+# ----- Clean up -----
+puts "Cleaning up"
+
+rename va ""
+
+delete_Vector $a
+delete_Vector $b
+
+