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curs_memleaks 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls

curs_memleaks(3x)                Library calls               curs_memleaks(3x)




NAME

       exit_curses, exit_terminfo - check for memory leaks in curses


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>
       void exit_curses(int code);

       #include <term.h>
       void exit_terminfo(int code);

       /* deprecated (intentionally not declared in curses.h or term.h) */
       void _nc_freeall(void);
       void _nc_free_and_exit(int code);
       void _nc_free_tinfo(int code);


DESCRIPTION

       These  functions  are  used to simplify analysis of memory leaks in the
       ncurses library.

       Any implementation of curses must not free the memory associated with a
       screen, since (even after calling endwin(3x)), it must be available for
       use in the next call to refresh(3x).  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
       functions which free those chunks of memory, simplifying the process of
       memory-leak checking.

       Some  of  the functions are named with a "_nc_" prefix because they are
       not intended for use in the non-debugging library:

       _nc_freeall
            This frees (almost) all of the memory allocated by ncurses.

       _nc_free_and_exit
            This frees the memory allocated by ncurses (like _nc_freeall), and
            exits the program.  It is preferred over _nc_freeall since some of
            that memory may be  required  to  keep  the  application  running.
            Simply exiting (with the given exit-code) is safer.

       _nc_free_tinfo
            Use  this  function  if only the low-level terminfo functions (and
            corresponding library) are used.  Like _nc_free_and_exit, 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  --disable-leaks
       option.   That  compiles-in  code that frees memory that normally would
       not be freed.

       The exit_curses and exit_terminfo functions call _nc_free_and_exit  and
       _nc_free_tinfo  if  the  library  is  configured to support memory-leak
       checking.  If the library is  not  configured  to  support  memory-leak
       checking, they simply call exit.


RETURN VALUE

       These functions do not return a value.


PORTABILITY

       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:

       o   The  portable  part  of  exit_curses  can be freed using delscreen,
           passing the SCREEN pointer returned by newterm.

           In some implementations, there is a global variable sp which  could
           be used, e.g., if the screen were only initialized using initscr.

       o   The portable part of exit_terminfo can be freed using del_curterm.

           In this case, there is a global variable cur_term which can be used
           as parameter.


SEE ALSO

       curses(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_terminfo(3x)



ncurses 6.5                       2024-03-16                 curs_memleaks(3x)