free ( alien -- )
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Vocabulary
libc

Inputs

alien

a c-ptr

Outputs
None

Word description
Deallocates a block of memory allocated by malloc, calloc or realloc.

Definition

USING: alien kernel libc.private ;

IN: libc

: free ( alien -- ) >c-ptr [ delete-malloc ] [ (free) ] bi ;