[SDL] Why "SDL_iconv_string" use "malloc" without "free"

[Torsten Giebl]

Hello !


>       The API function "SDL_iconv_string"  use a malloc as this:
>         string = SDL_malloc(stringsize);
>      This function is without a memory free operation and obviously cant do this because it returns the pointer malloced.
>       So I think this maybe a small bug. Isnt it?

No, why ? This is a design question. It would be possible to
either return a new malloced string or to copy the new string into
an existing one. SDL chooeses most of the time the first variant,
also for SDL_Surfaces for example.


CU