Re: Tracing CComBSTR leaks
[out, retval] is not the same as [out] in Automation land.
If you don't have any pure [out] arguments then this is not
a source of leaks for you.
VariantCopy definitely makes a copy of anything contained
in the source VARIANT, including BSTRs. You need to clear
the target VARIANT when finished - using VariantClear.
Better yet, use a VARIANT wrapper class like CComVariant
if practical.
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"Richard Hollis" <richnews@littleredfrog.com> wrote in message
news:1168990991.253190.287700@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. Do you mean like this for [out,retval]
params:
put_myproperty( BSTR *bsOut )
{
SysFreeString(bsOut); // free first?
*bsOut = m_sMyCString.AllocSysString();
}
I'm only using properties so these should all be [out,retval], but I
will double check this tomorrow. What is the relevance of just having
[out] especially with ASP? Does this cause a leak?
I've still been hard on the trail of my leaking BSTRs today and I
believe I found what appears to be a leak: where I have VariantCopy
making a copy an existing variant holding a BSTR. Does it therefore
follow that when you do this you then need to SysFreeString the bstrval
value in the new variant copy? If you don't it appears to be leaking.
Cheers
Richard
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