curl/docs/libcurl/curl_free.md
Viktor Szakats 3040971d12
GHA: silence proselint warnings and an error
Fix new issues found by `proselint`.

Also:
- silence this technical warning:
  ```
  :0: DeprecationWarning: /home/runner/.proselintrc was found instead of a JSON file. Rename to /home/runner/.proselintrc.json.
  ```
- fix an input filename.
  `proselints` fails now if an input file is missing.

Reported-by: Jay Satiro
Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/15291#issuecomment-2410505100
Closes #15293
2024-10-15 16:44:17 +02:00

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NAME

curl_free - reclaim memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

void curl_free(void *ptr);

DESCRIPTION

curl_free reclaims memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call. Use curl_free(3) instead of free() to avoid anomalies that can result from differences in memory management between your application and libcurl.

Passing in a NULL pointer in ptr makes this function return immediately with no action.

%PROTOCOLS%

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  char *width = curl_getenv("COLUMNS");
  if(width) {
    /* it was set */
    curl_free(width);
  }
}

%AVAILABILITY%

RETURN VALUE

None