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     new 1266f50dcf * README-hacking, tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README: valgrind 
--leak-check for parsetexi.
1266f50dcf is described below

commit 1266f50dcfa0102d2a0dd552ffe4455efca2f7a7
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 29 19:14:46 2022 +0100

    * README-hacking, tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README:
    valgrind --leak-check for parsetexi.
---
 ChangeLog                      |  5 +++++
 README-hacking                 |  1 +
 tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README | 16 ++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3d6c21a69..a0f9f60374 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2022-09-29  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * README-hacking, tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README:
+       valgrind --leak-check for parsetexi.
+
 2022-09-29  Patrice Dumas  <pertusus@free.fr>
 
        * tp/Texinfo/Convert/HTML.pm (_convert_printindex_command):
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 213d9836db..9c6fd5dcbb 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ to update ancilliary files in build-aux and elsewhere.  
Check changes before
 committing.
 
 run all tests with valgrind
+parsetexi memory leak checks with valgrind
 
 NYTProf profiling for Perl code to check for avoidable hotspots
 
diff --git a/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README b/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README
index bb818b8924..519bf1d90c 100644
--- a/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README
+++ b/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This program replicates the functionality in tp/Texinfo/ParserNonXS.pm.
+This module replicates the functionality in tp/Texinfo/ParserNonXS.pm.
 
 
 =====================================================================
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ export PERL5LIB to the value in the makeinfo script
 
 with alias VAL='valgrind --log-file=val.log', can do e.g.
 
-VAL perl ./texi2any-C.pl texinfo.texi
+VAL perl ./texi2any.pl texinfo.texi
 
 also
 
-valgrind --vgdb-error=0 perl texi2any-C.pl texinfo.texi
+valgrind --vgdb-error=0 perl texi2any.pl texinfo.texi
 
 =====================================================================
 
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ To see contents of leaked memory
 
 Run with valgrind, e.g.
 
-s=../../tp
-export srcdir=$s builddir=. top_srcdir=../../ top_builddir=..
-export TEXINFO_XS_PARSER=1
 valgrind --leak-check=full --vgdb-error=0 --vgdb-stop-at=exit \
   perl -w $s/t/18itemize.t
 
@@ -54,4 +51,11 @@ $ for t in `cat test-list` ;  do valgrind 
--log-file=val.log.$t  \
 --leak-check=full perl -w $s/t/18itemize.t $t ; done
 
 
+%
+
+checking memory leaks
+install Perl::Destruct::Level via cpan
+then e.g.
+
+VAL --leak-check=full perl -M'Perl::Destruct::Level level => 1' -w 
t/02coverage.t