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From: marbru@auto-trol.com (Martin Brunecky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Freeing XmStrings????
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.172406.13467@auto-trol.com>
Date: 24 Jun 91 17:24:06 GMT
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In article <1991Jun20.233458.16196@dkwgate.uucp> jr@dkwgate.uucp (J.R. Jesson) writes:
>
>}       Compound String Resources Inconsistently Copied
>
>We've been bitten a couple of times by this problem; my understanding
>is that it is going away as Motif matures.  
>
   Can you quote the source for your understanding ? Also, what do
   you mean by "going away": it will be documented, it will be
   changed to be consistent, you will never be required to free it
   (as with any other "pointer" type resources) ?



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