From: Shigeo Kobayashi <shigeo@...>
Date: 2000-11-15T12:53:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6376] Re: Is  xfree() the proper counter part to ALLOC_N() or ALLOC() ?

Hi John,

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Small" <jsmall@laser.net>
Subject: [ruby-talk:6369] Is xfree() the proper counter part to ALLOC_N() or
ALLOC() ?

> If I use free() I get a runtime exception.
Yes(as far as you are using MSVC),the reason is the same as Perl's. See
 http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/D/DO/DOUGL/PerlCRT-README-2.05.txt

As same as Perl,you can use RubyCRT.Dll instead of MSVCRT.DLL
 ftp://ftp.netlab.co.jp/pub/lang/ruby/pc/RubyCRT-VC60SP4.zip

> Looking in ruby.h  I see  xfree() which seems to work okay, however I
don't
> read anything in readme.ext or Programming Ruby that indicates that this
is
> the preferred method.
Yes,if you prefer using MSVCRT.DLL,you must use xfree().

shigeo@tinyforest.gr.jp