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-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>_nc_freeall</STRONG> <STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> memory-leak
- checking
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>exit_curses</STRONG>, <STRONG>exit_terminfo</STRONG> - check for memory leaks in <EM>curses</EM>
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>exit_curses(int</STRONG> <EM>code</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>exit_terminfo(int</STRONG> <EM>code</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <EM>/*</EM> <EM>deprecated</EM> <EM>(intentionally</EM> <EM>not</EM> <EM>declared</EM> <EM>in</EM> <EM>curses.h</EM> <EM>or</EM> <EM>term.h)</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
<STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>_nc_freeall(void);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit(int);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit(int</STRONG> <EM>code</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>_nc_free_tinfo(int</STRONG> <EM>code</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
- These functions are used to simplify analysis of memory
- leaks in the ncurses library. They are normally not
- available; they must be configured into the library at
- build time using the <STRONG>--disable-leaks</STRONG> option. That com-
- piles-in code that frees memory that normally would not be
- freed.
-
- Any implementation of curses must not free the memory as-
- sociated with a screen, since (even after calling <STRONG>endwin</STRONG>),
- it must be available for use in the next call to <STRONG>refresh</STRONG>.
- There are also chunks of memory held for performance rea-
- sons. That makes it hard to analyze curses applications
- for memory leaks. To work around this, one can build a
- debugging version of the ncurses library which frees those
- chunks which it can, and provides these functions to free
- all of the memory allocated by the ncurses library.
-
- The _nc_free_and_exit function is the preferred one since
- some of the memory which is freed may be required for the
- application to continue running. Its parameter is the
- code to pass to the exit routine.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+ These functions are used to simplify analysis of memory leaks in the
+ <EM>ncurses</EM> library.
+ Any implementation of curses must not free the memory associated with a
+ screen, since (even after calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">endwin(3x)</A></STRONG>), it must be available for
+ use in the next call to <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>. There are also chunks of memory
+ held for performance reasons. That makes it hard to analyze curses
+ applications for memory leaks. When using the specially configured
+ debugging version of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library, applications can call
+ functions which free those chunks of memory, simplifying the process of
+ memory-leak checking.
-</PRE>
-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
+ Some of the functions are named with a "_nc_" prefix because they are
+ not intended for use in the non-debugging library:
+
+ <STRONG>_nc_freeall</STRONG>
+ This frees (almost) all of the memory allocated by <EM>ncurses</EM>.
+
+ <STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit</STRONG>
+ This frees the memory allocated by <EM>ncurses</EM> (like <STRONG>_nc_freeall</STRONG>), and
+ exits the program. It is preferred over <STRONG>_nc_freeall</STRONG> since some of
+ that memory may be required to keep the application running.
+ Simply exiting (with the given exit-code) is safer.
+
+ <STRONG>_nc_free_tinfo</STRONG>
+ Use this function if only the low-level terminfo functions (and
+ corresponding library) are used. Like <STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit</STRONG>, it exits
+ the program after freeing memory.
+
+ The functions prefixed "_nc" are normally not available; they must be
+ configured into the library at build time using the <STRONG>--disable-leaks</STRONG>
+ option. That compiles-in code that frees memory that normally would
+ not be freed.
+
+ The <STRONG>exit_curses</STRONG> and <STRONG>exit_terminfo</STRONG> functions call <STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>_nc_free_tinfo</STRONG> if the library is configured to support memory-leak
+ checking. If the library is not configured to support memory-leak
+ checking, they simply call <STRONG>exit</STRONG>.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
These functions do not return a value.
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- These functions are not part of the XSI interface.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ These functions are not part of X/Open Curses; nor do other
+ implementations of curses provide a similar feature.
+ In any implementation of X/Open Curses, an application can free part of
+ the memory allocated by curses:
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The portable part of <STRONG>exit_curses</STRONG> can be freed using <STRONG>delscreen</STRONG>,
+ passing the <EM>SCREEN</EM> pointer returned by <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
+
+ In some implementations, there is a global variable <STRONG>sp</STRONG> which could
+ be used, e.g., if the screen were only initialized using <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The portable part of <STRONG>exit_terminfo</STRONG> can be freed using <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>.
+
+ In this case, there is a global variable <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> which can be used
+ as parameter.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
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+
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