Re: [PATCH 1/4] help.c::uniq: plug a leak

[Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> So this shorter patch should be sufficient (though I didn't actually
> test it):

Tested and works fine.

> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index 69d483d..d3868b3 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ static void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds)
>        if (!cmds->cnt)
>                return;
>
> -       for (i = j = 1; i < cmds->cnt; i++)
> -               if (strcmp(cmds->names[i]->name, cmds->names[i-1]->name))
> +       for (i = j = 1; i < cmds->cnt; i++) {
> +               if (!strcmp(cmds->names[i]->name, cmds->names[j-1]->name))
> +                       free(cmds->names[i]);
> +               else
>                        cmds->names[j++] = cmds->names[i];
> +       }
>
>        cmds->cnt = j;
>  }

Not only is this better than mine in terms of readability, it is
better than the original code.

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan