Re: [ats-lang-users] mkdtemp and modifiable strings

[Hongwei Xi <hw...@cs...>]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Guillaume Brunerie wrote:

>>But you could use string_of_strbuf or string_of_strptr, why do you need to
>>cast with such unsafe functions?

string_of_strptr turns a strptr into a string, which can only be reclaimed
by the GC. If no GC is running, then it is a memory leak.

--Hongwei

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