mysql_thread_end(3)

💖 mysql_thread_end(3) — MariaDB Connector/C 💖

okay bestie, gather round, we're talking about mysql_thread_end() from the MariaDB Connector/C fam 🌸

✨ Name ✨

mysql_thread_end — releases thread specific memory 🧹✨

🦋 Synopsis 🦋

#include <mysql.h>

void mysql_thread_end(void );

(yes the space before that closing paren is exactly how it's written, no I will not be fixing it, it's canon 💅)

💅 Description 💅

ok so listen. mysql_thread_end() is the function you gotta call before a client thread ends. like, before it dips, before it logs off, before it goes to sleep forever 😭

what it does: it releases the thread specific memory that was allocated by a previous mysql_thread_init(3) call. that's the whole job. very demure, very mindful.

returns void. it gives you nothing back, and honestly? iconic behavior 👑

🎀 Notes 🎀

ok this is the important part, pay attention bestie 🙈

unlike mysql_thread_init(3), mysql_thread_end() will NOT be invoked automatically when the thread ends. like, nobody's gonna do it for you. no autopilot, no safety net, no little angel on your shoulder 😇❌

so to avoid memory leaks, mysql_thread_end() must be called explicitly. that's a must, not a maybe. fr fr. periodt. 🔥

🌈 History 🌈

this function is deprecated since MariaDB Connector/C 3.0.0. she's a legacy queen, we still love her, but the vibes have moved on 💀

🫶 See also 🫶

• mysql_thread_init(3)
• mysql_thread_safe(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! Version 3.4 of the MariaDB Connector/C manny, brought to you with so much love and zero memory leaks (as long as you call that function, which you WILL, right? RIGHT? 😤💖). mwah, go forth and clean up your threads 🧚⭐🍓