Re: [gnugo-devel] bugs report

[Paul Pogonyshev]

Dan wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > >   if (dragon2 != NULL)
> > >     free(dragon2);
> > >
> > >   dragon2 = malloc(number_of_dragons * sizeof(*dragon2));
> > >
> > > If indeed as Pcibus claims there is some reason dragon2 can't
> > > be deallocated, I guess this is a real example of a memory
> > > leak. Unlike the hash table and owl stack, malloc is called
> > > every move on this one.
> >
> > it works just as written: it reallocates dragon2[].  it never
> > frees the array.
>
> Why not?
>
> The call to free should be executed once every move cycle,
> so the block will be deallocated except for the very last
> dragon2 that is allocated.

sorry, i misread the report.  i meant to say that the last
allocated block is never freed.  but it fails to free
intermediate blocks, that's another - worse - story.

Paul