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author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2004-04-02 09:50:42 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2004-04-02 09:50:42 +0000 |
commit | a52274e607622238673640dd6dfddcf2fdcaaa3d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/ares_free_hostent.3 b/ares_free_hostent.3 index 3068cfd..82bbfb5 100644 --- a/ares_free_hostent.3 +++ b/ares_free_hostent.3 @@ -28,21 +28,16 @@ The .I ares_free_hostent function frees a .B struct hostent -allocated by one of the functions -.I ares_parse_a_reply -or -.IR ares_parse_ptr_reply . +allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP or +\fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP. +.SH NOTES +It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to +the callback functions for \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP or +\fIares_gethostbyaddr(3)\fP. The ares library will automatically free such +host structures when the callback returns. .SH SEE ALSO .BR ares_parse_a_reply (3), .BR ares_parse_ptr_reply (3) -.SH NOTES -It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure -passed to the callback functions for -.I ares_gethostbyname -or -.IR ares_gethostbyaddr . -The ares library will automatically free such host structures when the -callback returns. .SH AUTHOR Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems .br |