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+/**
+ *  DelayedFree.h
+ *
+ *  Sometimes a piece of data must be freed when a function gets out of
+ *  scope. In stead of putting the efree() call right before every possible
+ *  function end point (exceptions, returns, zend_errors()), we can use
+ *  this simple class instead
+ *
+ *  @author Emiel Bruijntjes <emiel.bruijntjes@copernica.com>
+ *  @copyright 2015 Copernica BV
+ */
+
+/**
+ *  Set up namespace
+ */
+namespace Php {
+
+/**
+ *  Class definition
+ */
+class DelayedFree
+{
+private:
+    /**
+     *  The data that has to be free'd when the object falls out of scope
+     *  @var void*
+     */
+    void *_data;
+
+public:
+    /**
+     *  Constructor
+     *  @param  data        Data that will be freed on destruction
+     */
+    DelayedFree(void *data) : _data(data) {}
+    
+    /**
+     *  Destructor
+     */
+    virtual ~DelayedFree()
+    {
+        // free the data
+        efree(_data);
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ *  End of namespace
+ */
+}