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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Query on kdelibs/kdecore/io/kgrantpty.c
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-07-30 11:27:47
Message-ID: 20070730112747.GA8564 () ugly ! local
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 04:20:11AM -0700, Gabriel Anderson wrote:
> On 7/29/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
> > On Sunday 29 July 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > > nonsense. relying on the os doing cleanup is *perfectly* ok.
> > >
> > > I respectfully disagree, it's sloppy programming if nothing else.
> >
> > spending cycles doing useless things is hardly sloppy, it's
> > understanding how the underlying system actually works.
> 
> It's gonna be done anyway, so why not make sure it's done? There's
> ALWAYS the possibility that the OS doesn't free those resources. Why
> even take that risk? Why not just add that one, simple line of code
> that could possibly save headaches later on?
>  
dude, do you have *any* idea now OSs manage resources?

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