Re: GSList and g_filename_from_uri free memory problem

["Gaurav Jain" <gaurav anywhere gmail com>]

On 2/23/06, Colossus <colossus 3000 it> wrote:
> Gaurav Jain wrote:
> > All your "filenames" can be retrieved and freed by looping through the list:
> > Something like:
> > GSList *next_ptr = Files_to_Add;
> > while (next_ptr != NULL)
> > {
> >       g_free(next_ptr->data);  //this frees the filenames
> >       next_ptr = g_slist_next(next_ptr);
> > }
> > g_slist_free(Files_to_Add); //this frees the list
>
> Hum, what about using directly Files_to_Add instead of next_ptr ?

you must pass the list's head node pointer to g_slist_free(), which
you will lost if you use Files_to_Add directly (in fact, it will
always be null after the while loop)