X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_memleaks.3x;h=06a95edfe3e4b3f880fd44831de2b8e6941bdb0c;hp=9305edaaa3ca917c65daf76a8c91ac9b79b9b504;hb=84cf9f63bf604413fa5714ef91f83076ac8f236b;hpb=690589d8f19e38925db061296d4f704e4a965bb2

diff --git a/man/curs_memleaks.3x b/man/curs_memleaks.3x
index 9305edaa..06a95edf 100644
--- a/man/curs_memleaks.3x
+++ b/man/curs_memleaks.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 2008-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_memleaks.3x,v 1.5 2017/07/28 00:04:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_memleaks.3x,v 1.8 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_memleaks 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -35,14 +36,20 @@
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
-\fB_nc_freeall\fP
-\fB_nc_free_and_exit\fP 
+\fB_nc_freeall\fP,
+\fB_nc_free_and_exit\fP,
 \fB_nc_free_tinfo\fP \- \fBcurses\fR memory-leak checking
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp
+\fBvoid exit_curses(int);\fR
+.br
+\fBvoid exit_terminfo(int);\fR
+.sp
+/* deprecated */
+.br
 \fBvoid _nc_freeall(void);\fR
 .br
 \fBvoid _nc_free_and_exit(int);\fR
@@ -51,10 +58,6 @@
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 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 \fB\-\-disable-leaks\fP option.
-That compiles-in code that frees memory that normally would not be freed.
 .PP
 Any implementation of curses must not free the memory associated with
 a screen, since (even after calling \fBendwin\fP), it must be available
@@ -65,8 +68,8 @@ When using the specially configured debugging version of the ncurses library,
 applications can call functions which free those chunks of memory,
 simplifying the process of memory-leak checking.
 .PP
-These functions are named with a \*(``_nc_\*('' prefix because they are not
-intended for use in the non-debugging library:
+Some of the functions are named with a \*(``_nc_\*('' prefix
+because they are not intended for use in the non-debugging library:
 .TP 5
 \fB_nc_freeall\fP
 This frees (almost) all of the memory allocated by ncurses.
@@ -82,6 +85,17 @@ Simply exiting (with the given exit-code) is safer.
 Use this function if only the low-level terminfo functions (and
 corresponding library) are used.
 Like \fB_nc_free_and_exit\fP, it exits the program after freeing memory.
+.PP
+The functions prefixed \*(``_nc\*('' are normally not available;
+they must be configured into the library
+at build time using the \fB\-\-disable-leaks\fP option.
+That compiles-in code that frees memory that normally would not be freed.
+.PP
+The \fBexit_curses\fP and \fBexit_terminfo\fP functions
+call \fB_nc_free_and_exit\fP and \fB_nc_free_tinfo\fP if
+the library is configured to support memory-leak checking.
+If the library is not configured to support memory-leak checking,
+they simply call \fBexit\fP.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These functions do not return a value.
 .SH PORTABILITY