Re: Odd array allocation in GtkAboutDialog.xs

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

On 25.10.2009 15:16, Emmanuel Rodriguez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've found a strange memory allocation in GtkAboutDialog.xs and I don't
> understand why. Take a look at the following macro:
>
> #define SETTER(outof)                        \
>      {                            \
>          gint num = items - 1;                \
>          (outof) = g_new0 (gchar *, num + 30);        \
>          for (i = 0; i < num; i++)            \
>              (outof)[i] = SvGChar (ST (1 + i));    \
>      }
>
> It allocates and array with 30 extra elements. I don't understand why
> such extreme generosity.

Yeah, that doesn't seem to be necessary.  I changed it to just '+1' (for 
NULL-termination) in master now.