From c18b6c2c99b14301ac005e27a9472feed9a46eec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:03:25 +0000 Subject: 26956: tidy up some zle variables for module unloading note issue found on HP-UX --- Etc/zsh-development-guide | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Etc') diff --git a/Etc/zsh-development-guide b/Etc/zsh-development-guide index b19f4825a..fcbc3eab6 100644 --- a/Etc/zsh-development-guide +++ b/Etc/zsh-development-guide @@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ However, `finish_' is called even if `setup_' failed, so it should not rely on the module successfully being set up. The state from `finish_' module is currently ignored; it is called too late to prevent the module from being unloaded. +*Note* in addition to freeing memory, variables associated with allocated +memory should be set to NULL or to indicate arrays are empty, etc. It +should not be assumed that the variables will automatically be zeroed if +the module is reloaded (though some configurations may do this). In short, the `cleanup_'-function should undo what the `boot_'-function did (together with handling any residual effects of `enables_'), but should -- cgit 1.4.1