BSON_FREE(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 16 versions
, in epel 10

✨ BSON_FREE(3) ✨

okay so this is a page from libbson (section 3 of your man pages, bestie) and it's literally about freeing memory. one function. tiny page. huge impact. let's get into it 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void
bson_free (void *mem);

no cap, that's the whole signature. she's short, she's sweet, she takes a pointer and returns nothing. void in, void out ✨

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • mem — a memory region. that's it. that's the whole vibe. hand her the memory blob and she'll deal with it 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

this function shall free the memory supplied by mem. periodt. that's the assignment and she ate 🔥

the way to think about it: some libbson functions hand you back a result that you are responsible for cleaning up, and bson_free() is the designated cleanup crew for exactly those results. so when a function's docs say "free the result with bson_free()", this is the girl they're talking about 👑

⚠️ ok quick vibe check: it's freeing memory, so don't go double-freeing or passing her something sketchy. she's iconic, not a miracle worker 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

and that's the page!! short, sweet, lowkey iconic 🦋

sign-off szn 💜: this masterpiece came to you courtesy of libbson version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026. go free some memory responsibly, bestie. mwah 🎀✨💖

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