On 23:26 Tue 21 Apr , Sergei Steshenko wrote: > > Of course, Perl allows dynamic compilation/binding, i.e. one can add some > new piece of code to a running instance. > > Has anyone verified absence of memory leaks doing such things frequently ? > > WRT memory leaks I prefer to be on the safe side - in a GUI of mine I do not > even destroy/recreate widgets, just hide/show them. And the GUI has no > dynamic binding whatsoever. > > Again regarding memory leaks - gtk+ folks have a nerve to claim gtk+ has no > memory leaks - even after the fact that in a number of releases they had > memory leaks fixed - this was in their release announcements. So, I wish > you luck - I am an "old" skeptical guy ;-).
Interesting points. Your point is very important to exercise caution if I forsaw writing code that will make heavy use of dynamic changes in the gtk2-perl gui. On the other hand, I am only dealing with developing a felicitous development environment, thus I would like the convenience of just changing my callbacks/widgets around, without just restarting my program from scratch. After the program works correctly, I can then use the resulting code and then do any long term stability/ memory leak testing separately. Thanks, Mitchell _______________________________________________ gtk-perl-list mailing list gtk-perl-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-perl-list
