RELEASE_HEAP

Syntax

RELEASE_HEAP address

Location

DJToolkit 1.16

The address given is assumed to be the address of a chunk of common heap as allocated earlier in the program by RESERVE_HEAP. In order to avoid crashing the QL when an invalid address is given, RELEASE_HEAP checks first that there is a flag at address-4 and if so, clears the flag and returns the memory back to the system. If the flag is not there, or if the area has already been released, then a bad parameter error will occur.

It is more efficient to RELEASE_HEAP in the opposite order to that in which it was reserved and will help to avoid heap fragmentation.

CROSS-REFERENCE

See RESERVE_HEAP, below, for an example of use.