Re: multiple calls to g_io_channel_read_line and g_free question

[Olivier Sessink <lists olivier pk wau nl>]

Colossus wrote:
[..]
> g_io_channel_read_line ( ioc, &line, NULL, NULL, NULL );
> //do some things on line
> //shall I g_free (line) here ?
> g_io_channel_read_line ( ioc, &line, NULL, NULL, NULL );
> //ecc
>
> My doubt is: shall I free line before the second call to
> g_io_channel_read_line or I can call g_free ONCE when I don't need to
> read anymore ?

see

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-IO-Channels.html#g-io-channel-read-line

"Reads a line, including the terminating character(s), from a GIOChannel
into a newly-allocated string."

"newly allocated string" means that for every call to
g_io_channel_read_line() new memory is allocated, so for every call you
have to free the string.

regards,
        Olivier