Method FreeDerefBufIfLarge

source/script.cpp:9531–9549

void Line::FreeDerefBufIfLarge()
{
	if (sDerefBufSize > LARGE_DEREF_BUF_SIZE)
	{
		// Freeing the buffer should be safe even if the script's current quasi-thread is in the middle
		// of executing a command, since commands are all designed to make only temporary use of the
		// deref buffer (they make copies of anything they need prior to calling MsgSleep() or anything
		// else that might pump messages and thus result in a call to us here).
		free(sDerefBuf); // The above size-check has ensured this is non-NULL.
		SET_S_DEREF_BUF(NULL, 0);
		--sLargeDerefBufs;
		if (!sLargeDerefBufs)
			KILL_DEREF_TIMER
	}
	//else leave the timer running because some other deref buffer in a recursed ExpandArgs() layer
	// is still waiting to be freed (even if it isn't, it should be harmless to keep the timer running
	// just in case, since each call to ExpandArgs() will reset/postpone the timer due to the script
	// having demonstrated that it isn't idle).
}