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From: DaveLee@cup.portal.com (David Alan Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: XmList Widget, when (if ever) to free data
Message-ID: <42730@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 May 91 05:37:59 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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When, if ever, should one free the list of XmStrings given to a 
XmList Widget ?

It appears safe to free the data after a call to XtSetValues(),
with the XmNitems, and XmNitemCount set.  However, if I re-set
the values of the widget, should I first get the old list 
via XtGetValues() and free it?  Some trial (and mostly error) 
has shown that it is not safe to free the list returned from 
XtGetValues().  However, some rumors from a co-worker claim that
the internal list stored in an XmList widget do not get freed 
when re-setting the list values.  Is there any truth to this?
The documentation (that I have) says absolutly nothing about this.

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