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Re: [PATCH] solib_open, memory leak
>
> msnyder@sonic.net writes:
>> [Jim:]
>>> The code clearly deserves a comment like:
>>>
>>> /* We try to find the library in various ways. After each
>>> attempt, either found_file >= 0 and temp_pathname is a malloc'd
>>> string, or found_file < 0 and temp_pathname does not point to
>>> storage that needs to be freed. */
>>>
>>> In that light, it seems clearer to me to just put:
>>>
>>> if (found_file < 0)
>>> temp_pathname = NULL;
>>> else
>>> temp_pathname = xstrdup (temp_pathname);
>>>
>>> immediately after the open, to make it obvious that the rule is
>>> followed there.
>>>
>> [...]
>>> Don't you want those new lines to replace the two that followed them,
>>> not just precede them?
>>
>> Yes, thanks. How about this?
>
> Poifect.
Committed.