Attempt to clarify the deallocation rules for UMBP. #85101
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| /// intPointer.deallocate() | ||
| /// | ||
| /// You should only use `deallocate()` to end the lifetime of memory | ||
| /// created with `allocate()`; it is a programming error to use `free` or |
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Should we call out free() explicitly, or should we say "other deallocation functions", or maybe "deallocation functions from other libraries"
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Yeah, I was torn on this. But I feel like free is the primary means of abuse, and anyone who was going to use anything else that they shouldn't will understand that the rules for free apply to them as well.
Co-authored-by: Guillaume Lessard <[email protected]>
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resolves rdar://162944521