Re: libpq docs about PQfreemem

I have updated the PQfree documentation; patch attached. Backpatched
to 8.2.X.

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Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD wrote:
>
> > > future for some reason. (the doc for the other functions say you
> have to
> > > use PQfreemem without mentioning any exceptions)
> > >
> > > Thoughts? Rip out or update?
> >
> > Are you saying that almost all Win32 binaries and libraries now can
> free
> > across DLLs?
>
> You can under very narrow conditions. You need to force code generation
> for "Multithreaded DLL" run-time libraries (e.g. in VC6 msvcrt.dll)
> for all exe's and dll's.
> This is bad for debugging, memory checkers and probably impossible
> when using different compilers.
> So you really need PQfreemem.
>
> Andreas

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