Re: whos to free what mem?

[Andreas Leitner <nozone sbox tugraz at>]

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 14:13, James M. Cape wrote:

> Yes. blah_set_X() will always copy the given property value into the
> object. The arguments to blah_new() merely set those properties before
> you get the object.
>
> > * Is this true for all the string handling in GTK? Are strings always
> > copied, and I always need to free them? Or are there exceptions? If so
> > is there documentation who needs to free what where and when? (;
>
> The API docs *usually* mention when you have to free and when you don't
> (e.g. "you must free the returned X when no longer needed"). Further,
> the functions return const when you shouldn't mess with the result, and
> have const arguments when the object won't mess with the passed values.
> The only exception to this rule I'm aware of is char** arrays.
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.4/gtk/gtk-question-index.html#id2505171

Thanks James and Peter for the quick and helpful answers!

best regards,
Andreas

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