Martin Kaiser <lists@...> writes:
> I was wondering why we need a static buffer at all. It looks like the
> intention is to keep using the same buffer for each option that we
> parse. When reading an option, how about checking the length first and
> then allocating the buffer dynamically? We could then remove the
> g_strdup() as well and use the allocated buffer to pass the option on to
> wiretap etc.
Your suggestion sounds good to me.
> My understandig is that g_strdup() allocates a copy that the caller must
> free. I don't think that at the moment, anybody is freeing the copy for
> the comment (or for any other option).
If there's a leak, then that should be fixed. Care to open a bug report and
submit a patch?
- Chris