Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 13:22:11 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: phk@critter.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp), wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au Subject: Re: memory leaks in libc Message-ID: <199808072022.NAA24590@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Aug 1998 12:51:04 PDT." <199808071951.MAA04454@bubba.whistle.com>
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>The attitude reflected in this statement is the exact opposite of mine, >which is: Yes, there is a memoryleak associated with use of this API, >let's fix the stupid bug and get on with it! Am I crazy for thinking >that? I wouldn't say you're crazy by thinking that, but I'm still concerned about programs that do a mix of setenv and private frobbing of the env. It seems to me that by "fixing" this memory leak, you're quite likely adding new bugs to existing programs. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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