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-rw-r--r--app/win/scoped_prop.h6
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diff --git a/app/win/scoped_prop.h b/app/win/scoped_prop.h
index 14e6a6a..c309e52 100644
--- a/app/win/scoped_prop.h
+++ b/app/win/scoped_prop.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ namespace win {
// cleanup. ScopedProp must be destroyed before the window is destroyed, else
// you're going to leak a property, which could lead to failure to set a
// property later on.
+//
+// *WARNING*
+// SetProp is very fragile. SetProp makes use of a finite chunk of memory that
+// is very easy to exhaust. Unless you need to share a property across process
+// boundaries you should instead use ViewProp, which does not cause leaks at the
+// window manager.
class ScopedProp {
public:
// Registers the key value pair for the specified window. ScopedProp does not