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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_memleaks 3x 2023-10-21 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_memleaks.3x.html">curs_memleaks(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_memleaks.3x.html">curs_memleaks(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
These functions are used to simplify analysis of memory leaks in the
- ncurses library.
+ <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 ncurses library, applications can call
+ 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.
not intended for use in the non-debugging library:
<STRONG>_nc_freeall</STRONG>
- This frees (almost) all of the memory allocated by ncurses.
+ This frees (almost) all of the memory allocated by <EM>ncurses</EM>.
<STRONG>_nc_free_and_exit</STRONG>
- This frees the memory allocated by ncurses (like <STRONG>_nc_freeall</STRONG>), and
+ 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.
the memory allocated by curses:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The portable part of <STRONG>exit_curses</STRONG> can be freed using <STRONG>delscreen</STRONG>,
- passing the <STRONG>SCREEN*</STRONG> pointer returned by <STRONG>newterm</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>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ <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>
-ncurses 6.4 2023-10-21 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_memleaks.3x.html">curs_memleaks(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-12-23 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_memleaks.3x.html">curs_memleaks(3x)</A></STRONG>
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