string that you can free with free() after casting it to 'char *'. */
extern const char * relocate (const char *pathname);
-/* Memory management: relocate() leaks memory, because it has to construct
- a fresh pathname. If this is a problem because your program calls
- relocate() frequently, think about caching the result. Or free the
+/* Memory management: relocate() potentially allocates memory, because it has
+ to construct a fresh pathname. If this is a problem because your program
+ calls relocate() frequently, think about caching the result. Or free the
return value if it was different from the argument pathname. */
/* Convenience function: