Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C

From	Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C
Date	2021-08-31 04:22 +0200
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Am 30.08.2021 um 19:30 schrieb Bart:
> On 30/08/2021 17:29, Bonita Montero wrote:
>> And that's all because C has no proper string-handling ... ;-)
> 
> That wasn't the issue in the original code. (Actually the OP's code 
> looked simpler than your C++ code.)

No, if you include full error handling if allocations fail as well
full resource-handling, i.e. deallocations, the code looks much ^ 3
worse.


> 
> You can make an argument that it needs manual memory management, but an 
> easy fix is to just comment out all free() calls. This will work for 
> many programs; it might work here.
> 
> Another is to bolt-on a garbage collector.
> 
> Switching languages (which in the case of C++ makes everything else 100 
> times more difficult in return for having string objects) would be a 
> last resort.
> 
> If it has to be done, then you might as well try for a language which 
> really does make life easier, rather than harder, overall.

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Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bithov Vinu Student <vinub@calday.co.uk> - 2021-08-29 08:34 -0700
  Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-29 15:43 +0000
    Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-29 16:12 +0000
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-09-06 05:46 -0700
  Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-08-29 17:17 +0100
  Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-29 20:01 +0200
    Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-29 18:21 +0000
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-29 20:34 +0200
    Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 09:01 +0200
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Robert Latest <boblatest@yahoo.com> - 2021-08-31 05:44 +0000
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-08-31 07:50 +0000
        Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-31 10:59 +0200
    Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 09:45 +0200
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 10:15 +0200
  Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-08-29 18:14 +0000
  Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-29 18:18 +0000
  Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2021-08-29 11:44 -0700
    Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-29 19:04 +0000
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2021-08-29 14:15 -0700
        Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-08-29 21:19 +0000
          Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2021-08-29 18:14 -0700
        Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 18:27 +0200
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-30 16:17 +0000
        Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-08-30 14:14 -0400
          Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 11:39 -0700
            Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-08-31 10:08 -0400
            Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-09-01 04:40 +0000
              Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-01 00:57 -0700
          Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2021-08-30 19:16 +0000
            Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-08-30 21:49 +0200
          Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 12:49 -0700
          Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-08-30 22:31 +0000
            Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-09-30 07:04 -0700
    Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-08-29 15:38 -0700
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-08-30 14:21 +0200
      Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 18:29 +0200
        Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-08-30 18:30 +0100
          Re: Freeing a dynamically allocated array of structs within a struct in C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-08-31 04:22 +0200

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