Re: Memory Leak

[John Millaway]

> Memory leak - 16386 bytes allocated by maloc
>
> Function yy_flex_alloc()

Yeah, we know about that one already ;)  Actually, the leak is ~16426 bytes.
That is, (8192 * 2 + 2) for the read-buffer, and about 40 for struct
yy_buffer_state.  The leak is in the non-reentrant C scanner only (NOT in the
reentrant scanner, NOT in the C++ scanner).

Since flex doesn't know when you are done, the buffer is never freed. However,
the leak won't multiply since the buffer is reused no matter how many times you
call yylex(). If you want to reclaim the memory when you are completely done
scanning, then you might try this: 
 
    /* For non-reentrant C scanner only. */ 
    yy_delete_buffer(yy_current_buffer);
    yy_init = 1;

Note: yy_init is an "internal variable", and hasn't been tested in this
situation. It is possible that some other globals may need resetting as well.

-John


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