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ZBasic System Library 277 ZX Microcontroller Family System.Free Type Subroutine Invocation System.Free(addr) Parameter Method Type Description addr ByVal UnsignedInteger The address of the block to free. Discussion This subroutine returns a block of allocated memory to the heap so that it may be later re-used. The addr parameter must be the value returned by an earlier call to System.Alloc() that has not yet been freed. Invoking this subroutine with addr equal to 0 is a special case that is benign. This function and its companion, System.Alloc(), must be used with great care. If System.Free() is called with a non-zero value that is not one returned by System.Alloc() or a value that has already been freed, the heap management data structures will almost certainly be corrupted and future allocations will likely fail. It is a good practice to set an address to zero after it has been freed as illustrated in the example below. Example Dim addr as UnsignedInteger addr = System.Alloc(50) [other code here that uses the allocated block] Call System.Free(addr) addr = 0 Compatibility This routine is not available in BasicX compatibility mode. See Also System.Alloc