From f3875048f69a1b2cd40b356e307ca772789afc4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:54:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] clarified that strings need to be kept around until the
 handle is closed or until the pointers are set to another value

---
 docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 | 5 ++++-
 docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3  | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
index eea1df27c3..4026cf2409 100644
--- 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 672d9ca363..0aff920be3 100644
--- 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.
-- 
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