asn1_delete_structure(3)

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version 4.21.0 · 5 versions
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💖 asn1_delete_structure — the libtasn1 glow-up you didn't know you needed 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the asn1_delete_structure(3) page, straight out of the libtasn1 manual. yes, THE libtasn1. sit down, hydrate, and let's free some memory together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

asn1_delete_structure — it's an API function, babes. that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libtasn1.h>

int asn1_delete_structure(asn1_node * structure);

like, that's it. one include, one function, one pointer. clean. minimal. iconic. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • asn1_node * structure — a pointer to the structure you want to delete. that's your target, your main character, the thing getting yeeted into the void. point at it and let it go 🦋

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so here's the tea: this function deletes the structure * structure. just straight up deletes it. no hesitation, no "are you sure", no drama.

and at the end? * structure is set to NULL. periodt. so you're not left with some creepy dangling pointer haunting your code — it's nulled out and everything is at peace ✨

it's giving "clean exit." it's giving "no memory leaks on my watch." we love a function that tidies up after itself 🔥

💜 RETURNS 💜

  • ASN1_SUCCESS — yay! it worked, slay, you did it 👑
  • ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND — this one shows up if * structure was NULL. like bestie... there was nothing there to delete 😭

Copyright © 2006-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc..

and the licensing vibes, fr fr: copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty — provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. so go forth, share it, remix it, just keep the receipts 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the full documentation for libtasn1 is maintained as a Texinfo manual, no cap. if the info and libtasn1 programs are properly installed at your site, this command:

info libtasn1

should give you access to the complete manual. and as an alternative, you may obtain the manual from:

https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/manual/

go read it, bestie, it's literally right there 📚

okay that's the whole page, you ate it, you understood it, i'm obsessed with you. this was asn1_delete_structure(3) from libtasn1 version 4.21.0 — love you, bye, go NULL that pointer 💅🎀🦋💖

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