Function free [src]

Free an array allocated with alloc. If memory has length 0, free is a no-op. To free a single item, see destroy.

Prototype

pub fn free(self: Allocator, memory: anytype) void

Parameters

self: Allocator

Source

  pub fn free(self: Allocator, memory: anytype) void {
    const Slice = @typeInfo(@TypeOf(memory)).pointer;
    const bytes = mem.sliceAsBytes(memory);
    const bytes_len = bytes.len + if (Slice.sentinel() != null) @sizeOf(Slice.child) else 0;
    if (bytes_len == 0) return;
    const non_const_ptr = @constCast(bytes.ptr);
    @memset(non_const_ptr[0..bytes_len], undefined);
    self.rawFree(non_const_ptr[0..bytes_len], .fromByteUnits(Slice.alignment), @returnAddress());
}  