Re: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/envstat

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

Am 14.12.2012 um 18:05 schrieb Joerg Sonnenberger 
<joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>:

> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Am 14.12.2012 um 17:07 schrieb Joerg Sonnenberger 
>> <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 08:59:37AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
>>>> Similarly it just isn't worth trying to free resources prior
>>>> to program exit. Have you ever waited while a big C++ program
>>>> runs all its destructors, paging in code and data just to exit!
>>> 
>>> Depends, it makes tools like valgrind a lot easier to use.
>>> 
>> 
>> Source code should be optimized for readability, performance,
>> stability, and not for debug tools.
> 
> Ironically, proper ressource managements tends to make it much easier to
> fulfill at least two of the three items...

proper resource management is a good thing - if the code continues to run.  In 
this case, where the program exits, there no benefit from freeing up memory etc.