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>>> We don't need perfection.
>>
>> I guess that you noticed in the meantime that I dare to propose
>> more software development efforts in such a direction.
>
> Yes, this is noticable.

I am curious then if remaining change suggestions will be picked up
by more software developers and reviewers.


> It is your choice, however, other people may have their reasons
> for other choices...

Yes, of course.


>>> We need more to eliminate the memory leaks.
>
> ... like this one.
>
>> Will this view evolve into further helpful and constructive clarificati=
ons?
>
> Given my above, what is the evaluation of the same question to yourself?

* I hope that my contributions can improve the situation also
  for this software area.

* Existing development tools will evolve further as usual.

Regards,
Markus