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.\"     Title: SPI_pfree
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2024
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 16.2
.\"  Language: English
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.SH "NAME"
SPI_pfree \- free memory in the upper executor context
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
void SPI_pfree(void * \fIpointer\fR)
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSPI_pfree\fR
frees memory previously allocated using
\fBSPI_palloc\fR
or
\fBSPI_repalloc\fR\&.
.PP
This function is no longer different from plain
\fBpfree\fR\&. It\*(Aqs kept just for backward compatibility of existing code\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
void * \fIpointer\fR
.RS 4
pointer to existing storage to free
.RE