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Re: FAQ FOOD! Re: scm_must_malloc and memory leaking?
- To: robertb@continuumsi.com (Robert Brown)
- Subject: Re: FAQ FOOD! Re: scm_must_malloc and memory leaking?
- From: Greg Harvey <Greg.Harvey@thezone.net>
- Date: 24 Jun 1999 19:00:28 -0230
- Cc: mvo@zagadka.ping.de, forcer@mindless.com, guile@cygnus.com
- References: <19990624151910.2673.qmail@continuumsi.com>
robertb@continuumsi.com (Robert Brown) writes:
> I saw your messages about memory leaks in Guile. I seem to see a number
> of them. I'm running Insure; I've included some of the output below as
> a sample. Is this in the TODO file?
This looks much more like the leak detector is not understanding the
gc than actual memory leaks. For the most part, they're of dubious
value if you're doing anything besides straight malloc/free things.
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Greg