Unit 'EXEC' Package
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ExecFreeMem

Free a memory block with given size

Declaration

Source position: exec.pas line 1231

procedure ExecFreeMem(

  memoryBlock: POINTER;

  byteSize: LongWord

);

Arguments

memoryBlock

  

A pointer to the memory block to free

byteSize

  

The size of the desired block in bytes. (The operating system will automatically round this number to a multiple of the system memory chunk size)

Description

Free a memory block allocated using ExecAllocMem(), program should not access this memory area anymore. If a memory block is freed twice an Guru will appear AN_FreeTwice. if a wrong pointer is passed a AN_MemCorrupt is fired. The original name FreeMem is colliding with the RTL Freemem.

See also

Exec.ExecAllocMem

  

Allocate memory given certain requirements


Documentation generated on: 2021-07-30