afb-api-so-v3: Keep root API in all cases

[src/app-framework-binder.git] / src / afb-api-so-v3.c

diff --git a/src/afb-api-so-v3.c b/src/afb-api-so-v3.c
index 373386e..727e9b6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/afb-api-so-v3.c
+++ b/src/afb-api-so-v3.c
@@ -117,7 +117,14 @@ int afb_api_so_v3_add(const char *path, void *handle, struct afb_apiset *declare
 
                export = afb_export_create_none_for_path(declare_set, call_set, path, init, &a);
                if (export) {
-                       afb_export_unref(export);
+                       /*
+                        *  No call is done to afb_export_unref(export) because:
+                        *   - legacy applications may use the root API emitting messages
+                        *   - it allows writting applications like bindings without API
+                        *  But this has the sad effect to introduce a kind of leak.
+                        *  To avoid this, if necessary further developement should list bindings
+                        *  and their data.
+                        */
                        return 1;
                }
        }