Re: [Nmh-workers] GCC 8 pre-releases have escaped...

[Paul Vixie]

Ken Hornstein wrote:
> ...
> When I wrote that comment, nothing in the format engine would ever
> call free() on component names, so it wasn't a problem. scan() isn't
> expecting anyone to free those buffers that it is malloc()ing.

i think that there's no way to be selectively uncaring. if we don't free 
everything we allocate, on the basis that we're a short lived program so 
who cares, then we're going to be a lot more prone to use after free and 
free twice bugs. the best policy is total cleanliness.

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P Vixie