Re: [RFD PATCH 0/3] Free all the memory!

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On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 11:22 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When using automated tools to find memory leaks, it is hard to distinguish
> between actual leaks and intentional non-cleanups at the end of the program,
> such that the actual leaks hide in the noise.
>
> The end goal of this (unfinished) series is to close all intentional memory
> leaks when enabling the -DFREE_ALL_MEMORY switch. This is just
> demonstrating how the beginning of such a series could look like.

Considering the signal-to-noise ratio mentioned above, the goal seems
reasonable, but why pollute the code with #ifdef's all over the place
by making the cleanup conditional? If you're going though the effort
of plugging all these leaks, it probably makes sense to do them
unconditionally.
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