hcreate(3): fix incorrect claim that hdestroy frees keys

The man page incorrectly stated that hdestroy() calls free(3) for
each comparison key. The implementation (hdestroy_r.c) only frees
the internal table structure, not the user-provided keys or data.
This matches POSIX, which says hdestroy "shall dispose of the
search table" without mentioning key deallocation.

Update the description to clarify that the caller is responsible
for freeing any memory associated with table entries.

PR: 291240
Signed-off-by: Kit Dallege <xaum.io@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/2095
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Kit Dallege
2026-03-27 02:57:10 +01:00
committed by Warner Losh
parent 3a71a24bbe
commit ab8ceaaa86
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd February 6, 2017
.Dd June 9, 2026
.Dt HCREATE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ After the call to
the data can no longer be considered accessible.
The
.Fn hdestroy
function calls
.Xr free 3
for each comparison key in the search table
but not the data item associated with the key.
function disposes of the search table but does not free
the comparison keys or data items stored in it.
The caller is responsible for freeing any memory associated
with table entries before calling
.Fn hdestroy .
.Pp
The
.Fn hsearch