Undoc. comctl32 mem management functions

[Robert Shearman]

Felix Nawothnig wrote:
> Hi. comctl32 exports (undocumented) Alloc() and friends which call 
> LocalAlloc => GlobalAlloc => HeapAlloc since it's doesn't use any 
> fancy LMEM / GMEM flags... so shouldn't Alloc() call HeapAlloc() 
> directly?
>
> If Global/Local* behave different than Heap* on Windows - wouldn't it 
> then be desirable to replace the Alloc()/etc. calls in our comctl32 
> (we use it all over the place) by Heap*?

There are probably quite a few locations where it doesn't make a 
difference, but there are also probably a few locations where it does. 
Since it is easier to use the Alloc/ReAlloc/Free functions, why bother 
changing them to the longer Heap* variants?

>
> Reason I'm asking: Since it's not documented the Free(NULL) semantics 
> are not clear (although it's safe in our implementation) - and I'm 
> wondering if we really want to internally use undocumented functions 
> with unclear semantics when there is an easy (documented) way.

Well, I think it needs to be tested on Windows if Free(NULL) is valid 
before changing the calls in comctl32.

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Rob Shearman