/* idn-free.h --- Invoke the `free' function releasing memory * allocated by libidn functions. * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Simon Josefsson * * This file is part of GNU Libidn. * * GNU Libidn is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * GNU Libidn is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with GNU Libidn; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA * */ /* I don't recommend using this interface in general. Use `free'. * * I'm told Microsoft Windows may use one set of `malloc' and `free' * in a library, and another incompatible set in a statically compiled * application that link to the library, thus creating problems if the * application would invoke `free' on a pointer pointing to memory * allocated by the library. This motivated adding this function. * * The theory of isolating all memory allocations and de-allocations * within a code package (library) sounds good, to simplify hunting * down memory allocation related problems, but I'm not sure if it is * worth enough to motivate recommending this interface over calling * `free' directly, though. * * If you have any thoughts or comments on this, please let me know. */ void idn_free (void *ptr);