Re: Doubt about free or dont free

["David Necas (Yeti)" <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 04:31:39PM -0300, Arx Henrique wrote:
> i have a GtkEntry with a signal "activate" and this handle:
>
> void translate(GtkEntry *widget, gpointer *data) {
>       const gchar *text;
>       text = gtk_entry_get_text(widget);
>       gui_app_notify_new(text);
>       g_free(text);
>       gtk_editable_delete_text(GTK_EDITABLE(widget), 0, -1);
> }
>
> my doubt is g_free or not g_free the text?

When in doubt, read API docs:

    This string points to internally allocated storage in
    the widget and must not be freed, modified or stored.

Yeti


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