"Java and Swing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> char *foo(const char *in) {
> char *tmp;
> tmp = (char *) malloc((strlen(in) * sizeof(char)) + 1);
> strcpy(tmp, in);
> ...
> ...
> free(tmp);
> return someValue;
> }
>
> Is that appropriate? I was under the impression that when you malloc
> memory, you free it when done.
Looks fine. I hope someValue does not point somewhere into the tmp
buffer, though.
> I also have things like...
>
> char *bar(char *in) {
> char *results, *finalResults;
> results = (char *) malloc(...);
> finalResults = results;
>
> while (...) { *results++ = some_val; }
>
> return finalResults;
> }
Seems OK, too, assuming the results buffer is big enough.
Bernhard
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