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+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
+// Copyright (C) 2007-2023 Laurent Gomila (laurent@sfml-dev.org)
+//
+// This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
+// In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
+//
+// Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+// including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely,
+// subject to the following restrictions:
+//
+// 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented;
+//    you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
+//    If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment
+//    in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
+//
+// 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such,
+//    and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
+//
+// 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef SFML_ALLOC_H
+#define SFML_ALLOC_H
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Headers
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#include <SFML/System/Export.h>
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// \brief Deallocates memory
+///
+/// This function deallocates the memory being pointed to
+/// using the free function from the C standard library.
+/// 
+/// The memory must have been previously allocated using a call
+/// to malloc.
+/// 
+/// \param ptr Pointer to the memory to deallocate 
+///
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+CSFML_SYSTEM_API void sfFree(void* ptr);
+
+
+#endif // SFML_ALLOC_H