deallocate

Function

deallocate

Deallocates memory.

deallocate(object, data, count [, usage_tag])

Include Headers

seqan/basic.h

Parameters

object	Allocator object. Types: Allocator Remarks: object is conceptually the "owner" of the allocated memory. Objects of all types can be used as allocators. If no special behavior is implemented, default functions allocation/deallocation are applied that uses standard new and delete operators.
data	Pointer to allocated memory that was allocated by allocate.
count	Number of items that could be stored in the allocated memory.
usage_tag	A tag the specifies the purpose for the allocated memory. Allocator Usage

Remarks

The values for object, count and usage_tag should be the same that was used when allocate was called. The value of data should be the same that was returned by allocate.

Note: deallocate does not destruct objects.

Use e.g. one of the functions valueDestruct or arrayDestruct to destruct the objects. delete and delete [] operators which are part of the C++ standard (defined in <new>) can also be used to destruct objects at a given memory address.

Member of

Allocator

Example Programs

Allocators

Part of Concept

Allocator