[Kwintv] Patch to fix memory leak when lirc-support is in

Morten Brix Pedersen kwintv@mail.kde.org
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:02:31 +0200


Hi,

* Rizsanyi Zsolt <rizsanyi@myrealbox.com> [2002-10-15 12:58:36]:
> On Tuesday 15 October 2002 12:42, Morten Brix Pedersen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This patch fixes a small memory leak when Lirc support is compiled in.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but if an QObject has a declared parent, then it will 
> be automatically deleted when the parent is deleted.

Really? OK, I didn't know that.

I ran qtvision through LeakTracer (http://www.andreasen.org/LeakTracer/)
and it found this to be a memory leak - but you may be right.

> So this fix is not needed... (and even could cause a crash because of double 
> deletion)

My added "delete lirc" doesn't make it crash.

  - Morten.