Remove libvlc_free

include/vlc/libvlc.h

@@ -188,15 +188,6 @@ VLC_PUBLIC_API const char * libvlc_get_changeset(void);
 
 struct vlc_object_t;
 
-/**
- * Frees an heap allocation (char *) returned by a LibVLC API.
- * If you know you're using the same underlying C run-time as the LibVLC
- * implementation, then you can call ANSI C free() directly instead.
- *
- * \param ptr the pointer
- */
-VLC_PUBLIC_API void libvlc_free( void *ptr );
-
 /** @}*/
 
 /*****************************************************************************

include/vlc/libvlc_media_player.h

@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ VLC_PUBLIC_API void libvlc_video_set_scale( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi, float f
  *
  * \param p_mi the media player
  * \return the video aspect ratio or NULL if unspecified
- * (the result must be released with free() or libvlc_free()).
+ * (the result must be released with free()).
  */
 VLC_PUBLIC_API char *libvlc_video_get_aspect_ratio( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi );
 

src/control/core.c

@@ -135,8 +135,3 @@ const char * libvlc_get_changeset(void)
     extern const char psz_vlc_changeset[];
     return psz_vlc_changeset;
 }
-
-void libvlc_free( void *ptr )
-{
-    free( ptr );
-}

src/libvlc.sym

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ libvlc_event_manager_register_event_type
 libvlc_event_manager_release
 libvlc_event_send
 libvlc_event_type_name
-libvlc_free
 libvlc_get_changeset
 libvlc_get_compiler
 libvlc_get_fullscreen