Mendola Gaetano wrote:
> Hi all,
> I found this code on the file variables.c and
> in the function SetVariable I read:
>
> if (strcmp(current->name, name) == 0)
> {
> free(current->value);
> current->value = strdup(value);
> return current->value ? true : false;
> }
>
> this mean that if there is no memory left on the
> sistem we loose the old value,
> if this is not the indeended behaviour may be is better do:
I see other strdup() calls that don't check on a return. Should we deal
with those too?
>
> if (strcmp(current->name, name) == 0)
> {
> char * tmp_value = strdup(value);
>
> if ( !tmp_value )
> {
> return false;
> }
>
> free(current->value);
> current->value = tmp_value;
>
> return true;
> }
>
>
> Regards
> Gaetano Mendola
>
>
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