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WSReleaseByteSymbol() is declared in the WSTP header file (RefLink[wstp.h, paclet:ref/file/wstp.h]).

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#include "wstp.h"

/* read a symbol from a link and then release the memory to WSTP for deallocation */

void f(WSLINK lp)
{
	unsigned char *sym;
	int len;

	if(! WSGetByteSymbol(lp, &sym, &len))
		{ /* unable to read a symbol from lp */ }

	/* ... */

	WSReleaseByteSymbol(lp, sym, len);
}

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