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# 3.6 Automatic resource deallocation

VIPS lets you allocate resources local to an image descriptor, that is, when the descriptor is closed, all resources which were allocated local to that descriptor are automatically released for you.

Subsections

- 3.6.1 Local image descriptors
- 3.6.2 Local memory allocation
- 3.6.3 Other local operations