Re: SDL XS fixes

Hey David, I am not freeing anything. I am going to be doing the DESTROY
method. but for that we need separated namespaces in SDL.xs.

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 6:15 PM, David Goehrig <[email protected]> wrote:

> The answer is use DESTROY. And there was at one point a SDL::free method,
> but who knows if is still around.
>
> Best advice on mem leaks is stop doing that. And by that I mean what your
> doing. You should never assume that it is safe to free anything when dealing
> with complex systems.
>
> Typically in my apps I load everything at once and keep it around for the
> life of the app. I tend to prefer scratch buffers over relying an dynamic
> memory.
>
> Dave
>
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> On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Kartik Thakore <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>  Morning (from Canada)
>>
>> This is in regards to nothingmuch's advice on fixing memleaks. (
>>
>> http://yapgh.blogspot.com/2009/08/catching-memory-leaks-in-xs.html#comments
>> ).
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the advice. I am currently working on separating the XS name
>> spaces in SDL.xs. This is the link I am using as a guide
>>
>> http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlxs.html#Perl_Objects_And_C_Structures
>> .
>> Hopefully I can put out a test soon. nothingmuch, if you can join us on
>> the
>> mailing list or the irc channel #sdl irc.perl.org it would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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