gnutls_aead_cipher_deinit(3)

💖 gnutls_aead_cipher_deinit — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the gnutls manual ✨ this lil page lives in section 3 (that's the library-functions section, iykyk) and it's literally called gnutls_aead_cipher_deinit(3). grab a boba, we're learning today 🧋💅

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✨ NAME ✨

gnutls_aead_cipher_deinit — bestie this is an API function, periodt 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the way you just include the header and call it:

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

void gnutls_aead_cipher_deinit(gnutls_aead_cipher_hd_t handle);

slay. that's the whole vibe. no return value, no drama 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gnutls_aead_cipher_hd_t handle — girlypop, this is a gnutls_aead_cipher_hd_t type. that's it. that's the argument. she's just a handle 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea 🍓 — this function will deinitialize all resources occupied by the given authenticated-encryption context.

translation bestie: when you're done with your AEAD cipher handle, you call this and it cleans up everything it was holding onto. it's giving responsible main character energy. no leaks, no loose ends, we love a tidy queen 🌈✨

not me reminding you to actually call this when you're done?? 😭 free the resources, bestie, the memory did nothing wrong 🙈

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

this has been around since 3.4.0 — so it's been iconic for a minute, no cap 👑

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? (💀 not the bug 💀) tell the gnutls girlies about it:

• Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
• Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

they wanna hear from you, fr fr 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others.

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.

(translation: copy it, share it, remix it, just keep the receipts 💅 iconic licensing behaviour honestly 🌸)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form, visit

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

like, go read the whole thing, bestie, it's a journey 🦋📚

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and that's the page!! this lil rewrite came from the gnutls manual, version 3.8.13, and yeah the original footer date situation is what it is — just know this is the gnutls_aead_cipher_deinit(3) page, section 3, and she ate 💖✨🎀

bye bestie, go deinit your handles 🫶🌟