clarified that strings need to be kept around until the handle is closed or

until the pointers are set to another value

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
index eea1df27c3665eb95c1991699e4afac57be0914c..4026cf2409bfd66fd9c23760debe2c12e50044be 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" nroff -man [file]
 .\" $Id$
 .\"
-.TH curl_easy_cleanup 3 "4 March 2002" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_cleanup 3 "13 Nov 2002" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy session
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ opposite of the \fIcurl_easy_init\fP function and must be called with the same
 This will effectively close all connections this handle has used and possibly
 has kept open until now. Don't call this function if you intend to transfer
 more files.
+
+When you've called this, you can safely remove all the strings you've
+previously told libcurl to use, as it won't use them anymore now.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 None
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 672d9ca36376aec3bc6b3059aeed699eaedf5e27..0aff920be3f2ca5632194d53223ceb9d4aad918f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" nroff -man [file]
 .\" $Id$
 .\"
-.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "18 Sep 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "13 Nov 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ curl_easy_setopt() calls in the setup phase.
 \fBNOTE:\fP strings passed to libcurl as 'char *' arguments, will not be
 copied by the library. Instead you should keep them available until libcurl no
 longer needs them. Failing to do so will cause very odd behavior or even
-crashes.
+crashes. libcurl will them until you call curl_easy_cleanup() or you set the
+same option again to use a different pointer.
 
 \fBNOTE2:\fP options set with this function call are valid for the forthcoming
 data transfers that are performed when you invoke \fIcurl_easy_perform\fP.