Olivier> struct Lisp_LDAP Olivier> { Olivier> /* lcrecord header */ Olivier> struct lcrecord_header header; Olivier> /* The LDAP connection handle used by the LDAP API */ Olivier> LDAP *ld; Olivier> /* Name of the host we connected to */ Olivier> Lisp_Object host; Olivier> /* Status of the LDAP connection. */ Olivier> int livep; Olivier> }; Olivier> Two questions: Olivier> - Is there a reason not to set the ld field to NULL when the Olivier> connection is closed? Olivier> - Is there a reason to use livep instead of ld!=NULL ? Well thinking of it... the answer is... no and no ! Probably a momentary lapse or copy/paste abuse. I can send a patch for that or you can send it if you did the fix yourself already. Oscar