Re: GList

[HuamiSoft Hubert Sokolowski <h sokolowski huamisoft com>]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:17:34 +0100
Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk> wrote:

> 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 ...
yes, for this function the docs are not very clear.


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