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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/stdio.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi index 29de41a167..e4278b7a32 100644 --- a/manual/stdio.texi +++ b/manual/stdio.texi @@ -4852,8 +4852,9 @@ Got r @comment GNU @deftypefun {FILE *} open_memstream (char **@var{ptr}, size_t *@var{sizeloc}) This function opens a stream for writing to a buffer. The buffer is -allocated dynamically (as with @code{malloc}; @pxref{Unconstrained -Allocation}) and grown as necessary. +allocated dynamically and grown as necessary, using @code{malloc}. +After you've closed the stream, this buffer is your responsibility to +clean up using @code{free} or @code{realloc}. @xref{Unconstrained Allocation}. When the stream is closed with @code{fclose} or flushed with @code{fflush}, the locations @var{ptr} and @var{sizeloc} are updated to |