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XtFree()							      XtFree()

Name
  XtFree - free allocated memory.

Synopsis
  void XtFree(ptr);
	 char *ptr;

Inputs
  ptr	    Specifies the address of the allocated memory to be freed.

Description
  XtFree()  frees  a  block of memory previously allocated by XtMalloc(),
  XtRealloc(), XtCalloc(), XtNew() or XtNewString() so	that  it  can  be
  reused by the system.

  If ptr is NULL, XtFree() returns immediately.

Usage
  The  ptr  argument  is of type char *.  In many cases, you will have to
  cast the data you are freeing to this type in order  to  avoid  warning
  messages from your compiler.

  A  number  of	 Xt functions return strings or other values that must be
  freed with XtFree() when the caller will  no	longer	need  them.   You
  should  be sure to check the documentation of any function that returns
  a value to find out who "owns" the memory and who is expected	 to  free
  it.

  Calling the Toolkit's XtMalloc() and XtFree() is more portable and pro‐
  vides better error checking than  calling  system-specific  malloc  and
  free.	  You  should  not use XtFree() on memory that was allocated with
  malloc() or other non-Xt memory allocation routines.

See Also
  XtCalloc(1), XtMalloc(1), XtNew(1), XtNewString(1), XtRealloc(1).

Xt - Memory Allocation						      XtFree()

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