Re: Re: [Freetype] do I have to release the memory explicitly?

[CHEN LIANG]

Hello,David Turner

        Thanks David.This information is very userful to me.Thank you

======= 2003-05-16 12:38:00 You wrote=======

>陈亮 wrote:
>> Hello,everyone
>>       I use the function FT_Load_Char in a loop,and do something with the 
>> face->glyph->outline data member.Do I have to release the memory hold by 
>> face->glyph explicitly?Or the freetype system will manage the memory 
>> automatically when I load the next char?
>>      
>Everything that is accessible from a FT_Face handle belongs to the object 
>itself and
>will be destroyed when FT_Done_Face is called. Each time you call 
>FT_Load_Glyph,
>the glyph data in face->glyph is re-written.
>
>If you want to "extract" glyphs outside of the FT_Face, you should use 
>something
>like FT_Get_Glyph. The new FT_Glyph object is owned by you, and must be 
>destroyed
>by calling FT_Done_Glyph explicitely.
>
>Finally, everything that comes from the cache is owned by it.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>- David Turner
>- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)
>
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