# Allocate thread local heap memory var a = alloc(1000) dealloc(a) # Allocate memory block on shared heap var b = allocShared(1000) deallocShared(b) # Allocate and Dellocate a single int on the thread local heap var p = create(int, sizeof(int)) # allocate memory # create zeroes memory; createU does not. echo p[] # 0 p[] = 123 # assign a value echo p[] # 123 discard resize(p, 0) # deallocate it # p is now invalid. Let's set it to nil p = nil # set pointer to nil echo isNil(p) # true