On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 11:43:02PM +0100, DaVinci wrote:
> Package: libgtk2.0-0
> Version: 2.4.14-2
> Severity: important
>
> Hi.
>
> Look at this code:
>
> -------
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char** argv){
> GtkWidget* window;
> gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
>
> while(TRUE){
> window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
> gtk_widget_show_all(window);
> gtk_object_destroy(GTK_OBJECT(window));
> }
> gtk_main();
> return 0;
> }
> -------
>
> Why libgtk2 doesn't free memory from destroyed window in each loop
> iteration? I think this problem is an important bug, so I label it. I
> have an application that creates and destroys windows constantly, and
> with this bug, it eats all memory and swap, slowing system until
> freeze.
That code is buggy.. If you read the gtk documentation you'll see that
gtk_object_destroy sends out the destroy signal, which will eventually lead to
the destruction of the object. But you never give it the chance to actually
process the events.
Sjoerd
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