Eric Snow added the comment: Sorry, I'd meant something like this:
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv char *buf1 = PyMem_New(char, BUFSIZ); char *buf2 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZ); char *buf3 = (char *) PyMem_Malloc(BUFSIZ); ... /* in reverse order */ PyMem_Del(buf3); /* Wrong -- should be PyMem_Free() */ free(buf2); /* Right -- allocated via malloc() */ free(buf1); /* Fatal -- should be PyMem_Del() */ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This will help if someone does not know the common pattern. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17042> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com