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From: converse@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Donna Converse)
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Subject: Re: Anybody have fixes for memory leaks in Athena Text Widgets?
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Date: 28 Jun 91 18:03:02 GMT
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> I remember seeing a mention in this group, sometime last year, about
> fixes for memory leaks in the Athena text widgets.  Does anybody have a
> copy of these?  Will the fixes be in R5?  I need to plug the holes!

I don't know of a public patch for leaks in the Athena Text widget.
In R5, the Text widget does not leak memory.  Some of the leaks are
relatively easy to find -- look for calls to XtMalloc and friends
within the widget code, and look for corresponding calls to free in
the destroy method.


Donna Converse