Re: GList

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Thursday 18 August 2005 08:51, HuamiSoft Hubert Sokolowski wrote:

> always when you allocate a memory, you need to free it by your self.
> to free a list completely you need to free /data/ by your self if it
> points to some memory that you allocated. g_list_remove removes an
> element from a list and frees that element (but without freeing /data/).
> g_list_remove_link removes an element without freeing it, but also sets
> next and prev to NULL.
> g_list_delete_link just removes an element without freeing it, but next
> and prev still point where they were pointed.

Actually, g_list_delete_link() does free the link element (it calls 
_g_list_free_1()).  It is g_list_remove_link() which does not.  
g_list_remove_link() in effect starts a new list.

To the other poster who said the documentation was quite clear ...

Chris