Re: [Vala] Help with Memory Leak

[Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi tuah ubd edu bn>]

> If this is really due to heap fragmentation, then there
> must be a bug in the underlying malloc and free. I can't
> imagine the memory keeps growing when all the dynamics are
> due to getting and freeing memory for labels between
> 10 to 36 characters in length. Initially, we will create
> useless fragments. But, due to the pigeon-hole principle
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_principle)
> those fragments cannot remain entirely un-recyclable
> even if "free" is very unthinkably simplistic and does not
> merge adjacent fragments.

After thinking it further, memory usage may indeed
keep growing if "free" is very simplistic and
does not merge adjacent fragments.

hand
Nor Jaidi Tuah