Re: Doubt about free or dont free

[Germán Poó Caamaño <gpoo ubiobio cl>]

Le vendredi 22 juillet 2005 à 16:31 -0300, Arx Henrique a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> i have a GtkEntry with a signal "activate" and this handle:
>
> void translate(GtkEntry *widget, gpointer *data) {
>       const gchar *text;
>       text = gtk_entry_get_text(widget);
>       gui_app_notify_new(text);
>       g_free(text);
>       gtk_editable_delete_text(GTK_EDITABLE(widget), 0, -1);
> }
>
> my doubt is g_free or not g_free the text?

Just check the documentation:

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.2/gtk/GtkEntry.html#gtk-entry-get-text

"Returns :  a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This
string points to internally allocated storage in the widget and must not
be freed, modified or stored."

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