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Re: [OB] Add cleanup, source.c


On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 03:59:23PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> 
> 
> > There's no call to do_cleanups in this function, so it's quite hard to
> > see if this cleanup will be run or discarded if error is not called.
> 
> When are they ever discarded?
> 
> My last understanding of the mechanism was that the cleanups
> always get called, eventually.  Presumably when we return to 
> the command / event loop.

No, that's not right.  Cleanups are often discarded after a successful
operation, in order to not free something that would have been cleaned
up on error.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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