So:
void cleanup(chid ChanID) {
void* pUserPrivate;
pUserPrivate = ca_puser(ChanID);
free(pUserPrivate);
ca_clear_channel(ChanID);
}
?
> Hi Patrick,
>
> On Friday 28 January 2011 11:10:29 [email protected] wrote:
>> If you allocate memory and send a pointer to it in the puser field of
>> ca_create_channel, does it get freed when ca_clear_channel is called, or
>> should I do that explicitly?
>
> There's no way the CA API could know whether it should do that or not, so
> it
> doesn't and it falls on you to do it yourself.
>
> - Andrew
> --
> If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will
> scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will
> refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something
> which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he
> will accept it even on the slightest evidence. -- Bertrand Russell
>
>
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