XMSTRINGFREE(3)

💖 XmStringFree — the "okay we're done here, bye bestie" of compound strings 💖

Okay so real talk, this is XmStringFree, a lil library call from the Xm family (yes, that's Motif, she's vintage but she SERVES) — and she's a compound string function that conditionally deallocates memory. Periodt. Let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

XmStringFree — a compound string function that conditionally deallocates memory 🧹✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
void XmStringFree(
XmString string);

Yes bestie, she returns void. She takes, she does not give back. Main character energy honestly 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: XmStringFree conditionally recovers memory used by a compound string. That's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly fr fr 💖

The way that applications should call XmStringFree when the application no longer needs string — like, once you're done with her, let her go. Don't be holding onto compound strings you're never gonna use again, that's giving memory leak and we do NOT do that here 😭

• string — Specifies the compound string to be freed 🎀

Not me emphasising that the recovery is conditional — that word is in the original and it's staying, okay? Slay 💀

💜 RELATED 💜

• XmStringCreate(3) — the icon who makes them, while XmStringFree is the icon who cleans up after the party 🫶

That's the whole page, bestie, no filler no fluff, and she's signed off as XmStringFree(library call) — a library call classic, mwah 💋 bye pookie, go free your strings 🌈⭐