Re: Memory allocation

[Carlos Pereira <carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt>]

> I have one doubt. I want to know when we do a gtk_...._new(), to
> create a new widget or window, whether memory is allocated or not? If

yes, structures are allocated for each class of object

> memory is allocated at that time, when it will be deleted? I have a

either when you delete it (the elegant way) 
or when the application is closed, by the OS (the easiest way),

> window with some widgets in it. I want to delete all the allocated
> memory when the window is closed(suppose I am using a function called
> "close_my_window" as the callback for close button widget in the
> window). Can any body help me on this subject.

gtk_widget_destroy (window);

This function is supposed to free the window widget AND
all the gdk/gtk objects linked to window, at any nested level,
as buttons, etc.

gtk_main_quit ();

will free gd/gtk general resources, that
were not specifically required by the user,

How you handle exit operations depends of your 
own app, of course, but I think you should really try 
to free memory yourself, instead of waiting for the 
OS cleanup.

Carlos