Re: [PATCH] path-list.c: always free strdup'ed paths

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Hi,

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Ren? Scharfe wrote:

> Always free .paths if .strdup_paths is set, no matter if the
> parameter free_items is set or not, plugging a minor memory leak.
> And to clarify the meaning of the flag, rename it to free_util,
> since it now only affects the freeing of the .util field.

The rational was that it might very well be possible that the pointers you 
hand to the path_list are already strdup()ed. So you do not set 
strdup_paths, but you want them free()d.

The .util field is in many cases something that is not trivially free()d, 
but has to call a type-specific function, such as path_list_clear() 
itself.

So I'm mildly negative about your patch.

Ciao,
Dscho

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