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Re: PATCH: Memorey leak with PS4 usage.

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From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Felix Rosencrantz <f_rosencrantz@xxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: Memorey leak with PS4 usage.
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 05:45:52 +0000
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On May 31,  8:27pm, Felix Rosencrantz wrote:
} Subject: PATCH: Memorey leak with PS4 usage.
}
} There seems to be a memory leak issue with the use of promptexpand.
} I've included a patch for utils.c.

What leads you to this conclusion?

dupstring() allocates off zsh's internal heap.  Freeing a pointer off the
heap is a Bad Thing.  The heap is allocated and freed in large chunks that
zsh subdivides as necessary.

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References:
- PATCH: Memorey leak with PS4 usage.
  - From: Felix Rosencrantz

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