[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #273: v.example leaks memory in db_open_select_cursor

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#273: v.example leaks memory in db_open_select_cursor
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 Reporter:  karme    |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major    |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
Component:  default  |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:           |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  x86-32   |  
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 example valgrind run:
 {{{
 ==8090== 570,258 bytes in 569,794 blocks are definitely lost in loss
 record 29 of 31
 ==8090==    at 0x4023E8C: realloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:429)
 ==8090==    by 0x4060670: db_realloc (alloc.c:72)
 ==8090==    by 0x4064B74: db_enlarge_string (string.c:116)
 ==8090==    by 0x406713A: db__recv_string (xdrstring.c:93)
 ==8090==    by 0x4066294: db__recv_column_definition (xdrcolumn.c:29)
 ==8090==    by 0x40675D8: db__recv_table_definition (xdrtable.c:35)
 ==8090==    by 0x40FC4FB: db_open_select_cursor (c_openselect.c:55)
 ==8090==    by 0x80499AC: main (main.c:165)
 }}}

 The problem is that each call to db_open_select_cursor => each database
 query leaks memory.

 It seems it doesn't matter which database backend you use.

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