> What about a real_exception variant that accepts STRING*'s as arguments?
>
> On the other hand, as you said, there will be other functions which
> don't return control (functions that call real_exception etc.). But
> then char* is not the only problem, any malloced data can leak.
>
> void f() {
> void* leaked = malloc(n);
> do_something(leaked); // does not come back
> free(leaked);
> }
> void do_something(void*) {
> something_else();
> }
> void something_else() {
> if(condition) real_exception();
> }
But you are 100% sure you are leaking in the real_exception case, of course.
--
Mehmet
