Re: g_locale_to_utf8

["Hubert Sokolowski" <h sokolowski wsisiz edu pl>]

> Who is losing which pointer?
you said the second version is correct, here is the second version
> > > s = g_strdup (g_locale_to_utf8 (string,-1,0,0,0));
> > > g_print ("%s\n", s);
> > > free (string);
> > > free (s);
in the first line you are loosing the pointer to a buffer returned by
g_locale_to_utf8.


> g_locale_to_utf8 returns the UTF-8 string in an allocated buffer. It's the
> API user's responsibility to do the clean-up.
> s is receiving such a buffer from g_locale_to_utf8 and hence must be
> freed,
> after you're done with using s, in this example, the only use is the
> gprintf.
>
> If the intention is to use 's' further in the code, then obviously it
> shouldn't be freed now, but should be freed sometime later, when you're
> done
> with using it.
>
> Look at the sources, there is a g_malloc being done for the string to
> return, and it isn't being freed anywhere.
there has been some misunderstending here I think:).

hs

> -vc
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hubert Sokolowski" <h sokolowski wsisiz edu pl>
> To: "Viraj Chatterjee" <vchatter adobe com>
> Cc: <gtk-app-devel-list gnome org>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: g_locale_to_utf8
>
>
> > > Second version but with modifications...
> > >
> > > g_free(string); // free memory returned in g_strdup
> > > g_free(s); // free memory returned in g_locale_to_utf8
> >
> > you are wrong, this is wrong since you are loosing the pointer to a
> > newly
> > allocated buffer allocated by g_locate_to_utf8, that you should free.
> >
> > > -vc
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andreas Volz" <lists brachttal net>
> > > To: <gtk-app-devel-list gnome org>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 2:46 PM
> > > Subject: g_locale_to_utf8
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've a question how to use the return of the g_locale_to_utf8
> > > > function.
> > > > For example I've this code:
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > gchar *s;
> > > > gchar *string;
> > > >
> > > > string = g_strdup ("hallo");
> > > >
> > > > s = g_locale_to_utf8 (string,-1,0,0,0);
> > > > g_print ("%s\n", s);
> > > > free (string);
> > > > -----------------------
> > > >
> > > > Or should I do:
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > > s = g_strdup (g_locale_to_utf8 (string,-1,0,0,0));
> > > > g_print ("%s\n", s);
> > > > free (string);
> > > > free (s);
> > > >
> > > > As I think it's the second version, but I'm not sure. Can you help me?
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > > Andreas
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