al_findclose(3alleg4)

💖 al_findclose — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Allegro manual (the game programming library, yes THAT one) and it's about tidying up after yourself. we love a clean girl moment ✨

✨ NAME ✨

al_findclose — closes a search you opened earlier with al_findfirst(). it's giving Allegro game programming library, and it's giving responsible file-system citizen 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

void al_findclose(struct al_ffblk *info);

one include, one function, zero drama. slay 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie 🫖 — this function closes a search that you previously opened with al_findfirst().

and listen, this is not optional, this is not a "maybe later", this is not a vibe-you-can-skip. you need to call al_findclose() on all successfully opened searches, because if you don't... memory leaks. 😭💀 your program will just be out here hoarding memory it never gave back, and that is not the main character energy we're going for.

think of it like this: al_findfirst() is you opening the fridge 🧊, and al_findclose() is you closing it. the fridge does not close itself. the memory does not free itself. close the fridge, bestie. 🔥

ngl if you skip this, you're leaking memory, and the leak is forever. periodt. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_findfirst(3alleg4) — the one that opens the search in the first place 🫶
• al_findnext(3alleg4) — the one that keeps the search rolling ⭐

and that's the whole page, babes 💜 this was Allegro, version 4.4.3 — shoutout to the Allegro girlies, y'all ate and left no crumbs 🍓🧚👑