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Tk_FreeXId(3)		      Tk Library Procedures		   Tk_FreeXId(3)

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NAME
     Tk_FreeXId - make X resource identifier available for reuse

SYNOPSIS
     #include <tk.h>

     Tk_FreeXId(display, id)

ARGUMENTS
     Display *display (in)	    Display for which id was allocated.

     XID id (in)		    Identifier	of  X  resource  (window,  font,
				    pixmap, cursor, graphics  context,	or  col-
				    ormap) that is no longer in use.
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DESCRIPTION
     The  default  allocator  for  resource identifiers provided by Xlib is very
     simple-minded and does not allow resource identifiers to be re-used.  If  a
     long-running  application reaches the end of the resource id space, it will
     generate an X protocol error and crash.  Tk replaces the default id alloca-
     tor with its own allocator, which allows identifiers to be reused.  In  or-
     der for this to work, Tk_FreeXId must be called to tell the allocator about
     resources that have been freed.  Tk automatically calls Tk_FreeXId whenever
     it  frees	a  resource, so if you use procedures like Tk_GetFont, Tk_GetGC,
     and Tk_GetPixmap then you need not call Tk_FreeXId.  However, if you  allo-
     cate  resources  directly	from Xlib, for example by calling XCreatePixmap,
     then you should call Tk_FreeXId when you call the corresponding  Xlib  free
     procedure, such as XFreePixmap.  If you do not call Tk_FreeXId then the re-
     source  identifier will be lost, which could cause problems if the applica-
     tion runs long enough to lose all of the available identifiers.

KEYWORDS
     resource identifier

Tk				       4.0			   Tk_FreeXId(3)

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