[PATCH v2 2/4] Free the data returned by XGetWindowProperty()

walter harms wharms at bfs.de
Fri May 22 00:36:54 PDT 2015



Am 21.05.2015 22:42, schrieb Alan Coopersmith:
> On 05/21/15 10:13 AM, walter harms wrote:
>> maybe this was the case in older versions.
>> a current free() should accept NULL.
>>
>> Xfree is onyl a wrapper for free()
>> #define Xfree(ptr) free((ptr))
> 
> That's Xfree(), not XFree().   X11 has both, because it loves you and
> wants you to learn that case sensitivity matters.
> 

int
XFree (void *data)
{
        Xfree (data);
        return 1;
}

i hesitate to ask if anyone ever check the return code of XFree().
Unfortunately i promised to spend time for an other project
but it would be nice if someone could cleanup to this mess at least
fix the documentation.

re,
 wh


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