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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2005-12-15 22:30:40 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2005-12-15 22:30:40 +0000
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[BZ #1997]
* manual/stdio.texi (String Streams): For open_memstream, elaborate a little on malloc reference.
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@comment GNU
@deftypefun {FILE *} open_memstream (char **@var{ptr}, size_t *@var{sizeloc})
This function opens a stream for writing to a buffer. The buffer is
-allocated dynamically (as with @code{malloc}; @pxref{Unconstrained
-Allocation}) and grown as necessary.
+allocated dynamically and grown as necessary, using @code{malloc}.
+After you've closed the stream, this buffer is your responsibility to
+clean up using @code{free} or @code{realloc}. @xref{Unconstrained Allocation}.
When the stream is closed with @code{fclose} or flushed with
@code{fflush}, the locations @var{ptr} and @var{sizeloc} are updated to