From 2edbb8ace64a4303296fb5582a762070db3cbabd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kevin M. Rosenberg" <kevin@rosenberg.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:35:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] r9950: add note about malloc/free

---
 doc/ref_string.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ref_string.xml b/doc/ref_string.xml
index 7b0e93c..235950a 100644
--- a/doc/ref_string.xml
+++ b/doc/ref_string.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
          (result-code (c-gethostname name 256))
          (hostname (when (zerop result-code)
                      (uffi:convert-from-foreign-string name))))
-    (uffi:free-foreign-object name)
+    ;; UFFI does not yet provide a universal way to free
+    ;; memory allocated by C's malloc. At this point, a program
+    ;; needs to call C's free function to free such memory.
     (unless (zerop result-code)
       (error "gethostname() failed."))))
     </screen>
-- 
2.34.1