Memory leak in TCanvas::Update?

Alexander Zvyagin (zvyagin_at_mx.ihep.su)
Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:33:47 GMT+03:00

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:33:44 +0000
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Subject: Memory leak in TCanvas::Update?
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Dear ROOT developers and users,

Run the two commands below and your ROOT will consume memory.
It seems there is bug with memory management in TCanvas::Update().

root [0] TCanvas *c = new TCanvas("c","c",100,100);
root [1] while(1) c->Update();

With best wishes,
Alexander Zvyagin.