[Aldor-l] Code audit

[David Casperson]

Pippijn, you wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> in foam.c: foamFrString (String), a Buffer is created, used and then
> liberated. It is not freed. Why not?
> 
> Code:
> 
> Foam
> foamFrString(String s)
> {
>         Foam    foam;
>         Buffer  buf;
>
>         buf = bufCapture(s, stoSize(s));
>         foam = foamFrBuffer(buf);
>         bufLiberate(buf); // <- here
>
>         return foam;
> }

I am also learning compiler internals by reading code.  My
understanding is that the difference between bufFree and
bufLiberate is that the latter does not free the memory that the
buffer points at, just the buffer itself.  This matches
bufCapture, which does not copy the ``String s'', just makes a
buffer that points at it.

Does this seem right?


David
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