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Re: Patch: readline history not cleared on exit -> memleak


From: Matthias Koeppe
Subject: Re: Patch: readline history not cleared on exit -> memleak
Date: 02 Apr 2001 11:48:54 +0200
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Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

> Matthias Koeppe <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >     * readline.scm (readline-port): Call clear-history on exit. This
> >     removes a memory leak.
> 
> Is this an issue in practice or just theoretical?  I'm unsure if
> clearing the history has no negative consequences in `odd' situations,
> like when you start multiple repls in a row.

We use memory-debugging tools (Purify) here, and it is annoying to get
such memory holes reported every time.

`exit-hook' is made for procedures that do clean-ups up at the end of
the session. I don't think one has to care about hypothetical code
that invokes it erroneously.

-- 
Matthias Köppe -- http://www.math.uni-magdeburg.de/~mkoeppe



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