EC_PNODE_FREE(3)

✨ EC_PNODE_FREE(3) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual and bestie, we're talking about ec_pnode_free — it frees a parsing tree. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ec_pnode_free — free a parsing tree, no cap. it's giving "let it go" but for memory. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ecoli/parse.h>

void ec_pnode_free(
    /*
     * The root of the parsing tree to be freed. It must not have any parent.
     */
    struct ec_pnode   *pnode
);

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, real talk: ec_pnode_free takes your parsing tree and frees it. gone. bye. 🎀

the one thing you cannot skip, the rule that's lowkey the whole plot: the pnode you pass in has to be the root of the tree, and it must not have any parent. it's giving main character energy — root nodes only, bestie. if your node has a parent, that's not this function's moment. 🙈

the pnode argument is literally described in the source as:

The root of the parsing tree to be freed. It must not have any parent.

periodt. 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr — go read these too:

• ec_pnode_len(3)
• ec_pnode_get_strvec(3)
• ec_parse(3)
• ec_parse_strvec(3)
• ec_pnode(3)
• ec_pnode_free_children(3)
• ec_pnode_get_root(3)
• ec_pnode_get_parent(3)
• ec_pnode_find_next(3)
• ec_pnode_get_first_child(3)
• ec_pnode_dup(3)
• ec_pnode_matches(3)
• ec_pnode_dump(3)
• ec_pnode_unlink_child(3)
• ec_pnode_next(3)
• ec_pnode_del_last_child(3)
• ec_pnode_link_child(3)
• ec_pnode_count(3)
• ec_pnode_get_attrs(3)
• ec_pnode_get_last_child(3)
• ec_pnode_get_node(3)
• ec_pnode_find(3)
• ec_parse_child(3)

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💀 COPYRIGHT 💀

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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k bye bestie!! 🫶 this lil page came out of libecoli on 2026-06-11 and honestly? iconic. go free your trees responsibly ✨🌷💖