[DRMAA-WG] DRMAAv2 C binding - Final Draft

[Andre Merzky]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Daniel Gruber <dgruber at univa.com> wrote:
>
> General question: I would like to have the free functions to NULL the freed
> pointers (in order to minimize the risk with
> dangling pointers). Hence I would change *all* free methods to accept **
> arguments. Wouldn't this be reasonable?

+1

Cheers, Andre.


> Why should the user always do the NULL'ing itself? He might forget or be
> just lazy and running later in problems, which
> we could avoid easily.
>
> Example:
> drmaa2_list_free(&list);
> /* some code later, I want to do something with list again, but not sure if
> it was freed already */
> ...
> if (list == NULL) {
>   /* oh it was freed already */
> } else {
>   /* not feed */
> }
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> Am 17.04.2012 um 11:16 schrieb Peter Tröger:
>
> Dear all,
>
> the DRMAAv2 C binding is now in final draft state. Attached you can find the
> annotated and the official version of the specification, as well as the raw
> header file.
>
> Please provide your final comments on the mailing list until *April 22nd*
> (this Sunday). In case, we will set up a conf call for last discussions.
> Otherwise, the document will enter the OGF document process on next Monday.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Peter.
>
>
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