Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw /

Chapter 3 - QuickDraw Drawing / QuickDraw Drawing Reference

Routines / Creating and Managing Polygons

KillPoly

To release the memory occupied by a polygon, use the KillPoly procedure.

PROCEDURE KillPoly (poly:æPolyHandle);

poly

A handle to the polygon to dispose of.

DESCRIPTION

The KillPoly procedure releases the memory used by the polygon whose handle you pass in the poly parameter. Use KillPoly only when you're completely through with a polygon.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

The KillPoly procedure may move or purge memory blocks in the application heap. Your application should not call this procedure at interrupt time.

SEE ALSO

Listing 3-10 on page 3-26 illustrates how to use this procedure.

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