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Re: Handing initialization failures

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On 09/17/11 07:45 AM, jacob navia wrote:
> Le 16/09/11 20:42, Максим Фомин a écrit :
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have a question regarding following problem. Let there is
>>
>> struct Container{
>> void *buffer;
>> resource1 *res1;
>> resource2 *res2;
>> ...
>> resource_n *res_n;
>> };
>>
>> pointer to which is return by function like container_alloc().
>> Initialization of each member may fail and if last fails, and I need
>> to free() all other initialized resources (otherwise there would be
>> memory leakage). The situation become worse when any random "sub-
>> resource" initialization may fail.
>>
>> What is best way to deal whis this? There is obvious solution to free
>> all previous allocated resources within "if" test block of each
>> element, however I am looking for a better solution.
>
> Besides the other answers you got consider using a garbage collector.
> All these problems go away with that solution. (Others may appear).

Only if the resource in question is memory.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Handing initialization failures Максим Фомин <maxim@maxim-fomin.ru> - 2011-09-16 11:42 -0700
  Re: Handing initialization failures James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-16 15:20 -0400
    Re: Handing initialization failures Максим Фомин <maxim@maxim-fomin.ru> - 2011-09-16 21:50 -0700
  Re: Handing initialization failures Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-09-16 20:26 +0100
  Re: Handing initialization failures ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2011-09-16 12:29 -0700
  Re: Handing initialization failures jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-09-16 21:45 +0200
    Re: Handing initialization failures Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-09-17 08:15 +1200
  Re: Handing initialization failures "christian.bau" <christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk> - 2011-09-16 13:41 -0700
  Re: Handing initialization failures Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-09-16 13:47 -0700
  Re: Handing initialization failures Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-09-17 04:04 -0700
    Re: Handing initialization failures James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-17 15:16 -0400
  Re: Handing initialization failures Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-17 19:16 +0100
  Re: Handing initialization failures Lauri Alanko <la@iki.fi> - 2011-09-21 19:09 +0000
    Re: Handing initialization failures Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> - 2011-09-22 06:32 -0700

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