hi; On 28 November 2012 13:29, Henrique Camargo <henrique@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was wondering why the GDataInputStream API returns "char *" instead > of "gchar *". gchar is a typedef to char - it's perfectly equivalent to use either. > Also, looking at the source code, the returning pointer for functions > like "g_data_input_stream_read_line ()" should be g_free 'd. This is > not clear from the documentation [1]. in general, if any function returns a char*, it's implied that you need to free it; if you were not meant to do that, the function would have returned a const char*. having said that... > Maybe it can be improved to > explicitly remind the user that the pointer should be g_free 'd. ... care to file a bug and prepare a documentation patch? those usually get reviewed and applied really quickly. ciao, Emmanuele. -- W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.name B: http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/ _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
