---
title: free
framework: kernel
role: pseudoSymbol
path: kernel/ossymbol/1808021-free
---

# free

Overrides OSObject::free to synchronize with the symbol pool.

## Declaration

```occ
virtual void free(); 
```

## Overview

Overview Because OSSymbol shares instances, the reference-counting functions must synchronize access to the class-internal tables used to track those instances.

## See Also

### Miscellaneous

- [initWithCString](kernel/ossymbol/1808026-initwithcstring.md)
- [initWithCStringNoCopy](kernel/ossymbol/1808036-initwithcstringnocopy.md)
- [initWithString](kernel/ossymbol/1808054-initwithstring.md)
- [isEqualTo](kernel/ossymbol/1808078-isequalto.md)
- [isEqualTo(const char *)](kernel/ossymbol/1808093-isequalto.md)
- [isEqualTo(const OSSymbol *)](kernel/ossymbol/1808114-isequalto.md)
- [taggedRelease(const void *)](kernel/ossymbol/1808137-taggedrelease.md)
- [taggedRelease(const void *, const int)](kernel/ossymbol/1808154-taggedrelease.md)
- [withCString](kernel/ossymbol/1808171-withcstring.md)
- [withCStringNoCopy](kernel/ossymbol/1808179-withcstringnocopy.md)
- [withString](kernel/ossymbol/1808192-withstring.md)