From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 17:17:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] reftable: prepare for re-seekable iterators
Message-ID: <xmqq8r0h60yc.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <Zj5HvF-Uq0uWranj@framework>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> It's needed in the sense that your version leaks memory -- the `ti`
> pointer is never free'd. Other than that they are equivalent indeed.

Ah, OK, I somehow misread that _close() will free the resource, but
it only frees the resources held by the shell and not the shell
itself.

Thanks.