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Subject: Re: ca_create_channel memory management
From: [email protected]
To: "Andrew Johnson" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:47:00 -0800 (PST)
Do you mean to make certain that anything I set puser to is a valid
argument to free? And that it will be ok to set puser to 0, since free(0)
is a valid call?

> On Friday 28 January 2011 12:20:26 [email protected] wrote:
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "never set puser to anything else other
>> than
>> zero."?
>
> Sorry, that was badly worded.  I just meant to say that you should only
> call
> your cleanup() routine for channels that have puser set to a value that is
> to
> be passed to free(), and that it is legal to call free(0).
>
> - 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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