> I am using libreadline 6.1 and I've found that valgrind reports still
> reachable memory. It's a very simple piece of code:
Reachable memory means it's not leaked. The application or library still
holds handles to it.
> > ==9958== LEAK SUMMARY:
> > ==9958== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> > ==9958== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> > ==9958== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> > ==9958== still reachable: 42,911 bytes in 154 blocks
> > ==9958== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> > ==9958== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
> > ==9958==
> > ==9958== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
> > ==9958== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 13 from 8)
> >
> >
> I just wanted to know if this is supposed to be this way or if it's some
> kind of bug.
Since valgrind reports no leaks, and there aren't any details concerning
the still-reachable allocations, I'm going to assume that everything is OK.
Chet
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