Function

GLibfree_sized

since: 2.76

Declaration

void
g_free_sized (
  gpointer mem,
  size_t size
)

Description

Frees the memory pointed to by mem, assuming it is has the given size.

If mem is NULL this is a no-op (and size is ignored).

It is an error if size doesn’t match the size passed when mem was allocated. size is passed to this function to allow optimizations in the allocator. If you don’t know the allocation size, use g_free() instead.

In case a GCC compatible compiler is used, this function may be used automatically via g_free() if the allocated size is known at compile time, since GLib 2.78.

Available since: 2.76

Parameters

mem

Type: gpointer

The memory to free.

The argument can be NULL.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

size

Type: size_t

Size of mem, in bytes.