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2008.11.19 20:47 "Re: Memory leak (TIFFOpen, TIFFReadTile)?", by Edward Lam
Maybe a pertinent question is whether anyone is using the default TIFFOpen()? Maybe everyone opens their tiff file with the explicit flag to not memory map. :) -Edward Craig Bruce wrote: > Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com> wrote: > >> I'm not getting any strong mandate to change the current behavior so >> I'm inclined to do nothing - my usual preference. > > My position is that it should be changed because memory-mapped I/O is > a bit unusual and casual TIFF-lib users won't be expecting it or its > associated problems with large files. Though, of course, I have found > a work-around for my own TIFF-lib usage. > > --------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------- > Dr. Craig S. Bruce | Ph 819-771-8303 x205 | CubeWerx Inc. > Senior Software Developer | Fax 819-771-8388 | Gatineau, Québec, Canada > csbruce@cubewerx.com | http://csbruce.com/ | http://www.cubewerx.com/ > --------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------- > "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the > entrails of the last priest." -- Diderot > _______________________________________________ > Tiff mailing list: Tiff@lists.maptools.org > http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/tiff > http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/