DC_IRDA_DEVICE_FREE(3)

💖 DC_IRDA_DEVICE_FREE(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to a page from the Library Functions Manual — yep, that's the manual name, and no, it's not a big deal, it's just where this little function lives. sit down, get comfy, we're learning how to clean up after ourselves 🧚✨

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🫶 NAME

dc_irda_device_free — destroy the irda device and free all the resources. every last one. no crumbs left. 💅

📚 LIBRARY

you'll find this one hanging out in the library “libdivecomputer” — iconic, honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS

#include <libdivecomputer/irda.h>

void
dc_irda_device_free(dc_irda_device_t *device);

like, that's it. that's the whole call. so clean, so minimal, main character energy fr fr 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION

so what does it actually do? it destroys the irda device and frees all resources. periodt. everything that thing was holding onto? gone. released. healed. 🌸

and where do you usually get one of these irda devices in the first place? bestie, you go searching for it with dc_irda_iterator_new(3). that's the plug, that's where it comes from, iykyk 🔥

lowkey important: once you free it, it's freed. don't go touching it after. that's giving undefined behaviour and we do not claim that energy 💀

👀 SEE ALSO

• dc_irda_iterator_new(3) — the way you find the device in the first place ✨

👑 AUTHORS

the library “libdivecomputer” was written by Jef Driesen, jef@libdivecomputer.org — absolute legend, we stan 🫶

and this very manpage was written by Vincent Hagen, vinnie@script4web.nl. thank you for your service, king 💜

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and that's the whole vibe check! this page shipped with Debian, dated June 5, 2020 — so it's vintage, it's classic, it ate and left zero crumbs 🌈⭐💖