But, new_note() does:
NOTE_DATA *new_note()
{
NOTE_DATA *note;
note = calloc(sizeof(*note), 1);
return note;
}
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bobby Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:59 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Question involving ROM's note system
>
>
> On Saturday 08 February 2003 09:43pm, Jeremy Hill wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > For those who still use ROM's note system, I have a
> question for you.
> > After I make a new_note(), fill the fields, and
> append_note(pnote), should
> > I then:
> >
> > 1. free_note(pnote)
> > 2. pnote = NULL;
> > 3. Nothing.
> >
> > Personally, I would think #1, but code I have been looking
> at seems to
> > favor pnote = NULL. Seems like this would cause memory to leak.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > - Jeremy Hill
>
> The append_note() function does not allocate new memory for
> the note. It
> simply determines the correct note list and inserts the
> pointer, then writes
> the new note to disk. This is why you simply set pnote NULL,
> since if you
> free_note()'d it, the pointer in the note list would now
> point to invalid
> data.
>
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