idn-free.h

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/* idn-free.h --- Invoke the free function to release memory
   Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Simon Josefsson

   This file is part of GNU Libidn.

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#ifndef IDN_FREE_H
# define IDN_FREE_H

# ifndef IDNAPI
#  if defined LIBIDN_BUILDING && defined HAVE_VISIBILITY && HAVE_VISIBILITY
#   define IDNAPI __attribute__((__visibility__("default")))
#  elif defined LIBIDN_BUILDING && defined _MSC_VER && ! defined LIBIDN_STATIC
#   define IDNAPI __declspec(dllexport)
#  elif defined _MSC_VER && ! defined LIBIDN_STATIC
#   define IDNAPI __declspec(dllimport)
#  else
#   define IDNAPI
#  endif
# endif

# ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
# endif

/* I don't recommend using this interface in general.  Use `free'.
 *
 * I'm told Microsoft Windows may use one set of `malloc' and `free'
 * in a library, and another incompatible set in a statically compiled
 * application that link to the library, thus creating problems if the
 * application would invoke `free' on a pointer pointing to memory
 * allocated by the library.  This motivated adding this function.
 *
 * The theory of isolating all memory allocations and de-allocations
 * within a code package (library) sounds good, to simplify hunting
 * down memory allocation related problems, but I'm not sure if it is
 * worth enough to motivate recommending this interface over calling
 * `free' directly, though.
 *
 * See the manual section 'Memory handling under Windows' for more
 * information.
 */

extern void IDNAPI idn_free (void *ptr);

# ifdef __cplusplus
}
# endif

#endif /* IDN_FREE_H */