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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/ALL/free, revision 1.1

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        !             3: free()                   General Function                  free()
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        !             8: Return dynamic memory to free memory pool
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        !            10: vvooiidd ffrreeee(_p_t_r) cchhaarr *_p_t_r;
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        !            12: free helps  you manage the arena.  It returns  to the free memory
        !            13: pool memory that had previously been allocated by malloc, calloc,
        !            14: or realloc.  free marks the  block indicated by _p_t_r as unused, so
        !            15: the malloc  search can coalesce  it with contiguous  free blocks.
        !            16: ptr must have been obtained from malloc, calloc, or realloc.
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        !            18: ***** Example *****
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        !            20: For an  example of  how to  use this routine,  see the  entry for
        !            21: malloc.
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        !            23: ***** See Also *****
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        !            25: arena, calloc(), general functions, malloc(), realloc(), setbuf()
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        !            27: ***** Diagnostics *****
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        !            29: free prints  a message and  calls aabboorrtt if it  discovers that the
        !            30: arena has been corrupted.  This most often occurs by storing data
        !            31: beyond the bounds of an allocated block.
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