Document updated here: http://www.sqlite.org/draft/c3ref/temp_directory.html
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Nicolás Brailovsky < > nicolasbra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is the memory used by sqlite3_temp_directory freed by sqlite or should it >> be freed by the user? >> >> From the documentation for sqlite3_temp_directory: >> >> ** the [temp_store_directory pragma] always assumes that any string >> ** that this variable points to is held in memory obtained from >> ** [sqlite3_malloc] and the pragma may attempt to free that memory >> ** using [sqlite3_free]. >> >> From this I understand that the memory ownership gets transferred to >> sqlite, so the responsibility for clean up should be sqlite's (presumably >> in the sqlite3_shutdown function). This doesn't seem to be the case, >> though. >> >> 1. Is the memory for sqlite3_temp_directory ever cleaned up? >> > > Not by SQLite. That memory is the responsibility of the application that > allocated it. > > > >> 2. If not, should it be? >> > > No. To do so would break legacy applications that clean it up themselves. > > >> 3. Could the information about the memory ownership be added to the >> documentation? I believe this would also apply to other extern-definitions >> as well. >> > > I will add text encouraging people to NOT use this interface. yes. > > >> >> Cheers >> >> Nicolás Brailovsky >> - Tech blog http://monoinfinito.wordpress.com >> _______________________________________________ >> sqlite-users mailing list >> sqlite-users@sqlite.org >> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >> > > > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
