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Using APR Pools

From Subversion, we have learned a lot about how to use pools in a heavily structured/object-based environment. Apache httpd is a completely different beast: "allocate a request pool. use it. destroy it."

In a complex app, that request-style of behavior is not present. Luckily, the "proper" use of pools can be described in just a few rules:


Greg Stein
Last modified: Wed Jun 25 14:50:19 PDT 2003