Re: Free-ing memory: not springing leaks?

[chris <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com>]

Matthew Heaney wrote:

>>I vaguely recall reading somewhere that in general you shouldn't free C
>>allocated memory from Ada, but perhaps I was mistaken?
> 
> 
> No, you are correct: don't do that.

Thanks for the advice.

What if there is no call to free memory?  For example, the library 
loader for linux error mechanism is to return an error msg describing 
the problem.  Once you have it appears to be your problem what you do 
with it.  There is no call present in the library to return the memory.

Should I bind to a C compiled function to do this?  Perhaps in the case 
of linux, to the free function in the std lib?  I guess you are left to 
free it yourself in C because it provides "free" and it is natural to 
use it in C.


Chris