bug#79808: Possible missing fclose() in tac_nonseekable (src/tac.c)
Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:49:01 -0800
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| Organization | UCLA Computer Science Department |
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On 2025-11-10 04:53, Ray steven wrote: > it might still be a good > idea to > explicitly close the file once it’s no longer in use. Generally speaking we don't bother with explicit deallocation of resources if not needed to avoid resource exhaustion. Such deallocation complicates maintenance and slows down execution a bit, and in practice these disadvantages outweigh the advantages of deallocation.