> From: Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> jaltman> This is indeed a serious problem. Every structure that is needed by
> jaltman> the library should be allocated as dynamic memory. X509_STORE_CTX
> jaltman> should be declared as something like
> jaltman>
> jaltman> typedef struct _x509_store_ctx * X509_STORE_CTX;
> jaltman>
> jaltman> so that
> jaltman>
> jaltman> X509_STORE_CTX_init(&ctx,...);
>
> I agree that going for dynamic memory is the right thing to do.
> However, I don't believe the method above is a good one. Why?
> Because it's aimed at making the transition as painless as possible,
> and will lead to memory hogs among the programs whose authors don't
> pay enough attention. If we change the behavior, let's change the
> API while we're at it, so it won't go unnoticed!
You will get no objections from me.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
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