[Pixman] [BUG REPORT] pixman_glyph_cache_create leaks memory that it allocates

[Yuri]

On 09/17/17 13:07, Emil Velikov wrote:
> Having the opposite - a destructor [1] should provide symmetry and consistency.
> Furthermore using atexit is not as portable/reliable as one would think.

It should be the destructor that handles this. Either the user clears 
it, or destructor clears it.


> All this is obviously orthogonal to the original issue reported;-)


I don't see how it is orthogonal.


There is actually |__attribute__((destructor)) 
https://phoxis.org/2011/04/27/c-language-constructors-and-destructors-with-gcc 
It works with gcc and clang, and probably with most or all other compilers.
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Yuri

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