merged tcl 8.1 branch back into the main trunk

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diff --git a/generic/regfree.c b/generic/regfree.c
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+/*
+ * regfree - free an RE
+ *
+ * You might think that this could be incorporated into regcomp.c, and
+ * that would be a reasonable idea... except that this is a generic
+ * function (with a generic name), applicable to all compiled REs
+ * regardless of the size of their characters, whereas the stuff in
+ * regcomp.c gets compiled once per character size.
+ */
+
+#include "regguts.h"
+
+/*
+ - regfree - free an RE (generic function, punts to RE-specific function)
+ *
+ * Ignoring invocation with NULL is a convenience.
+ */
+VOID
+regfree(re)
+regex_t *re;
+{
+	if (re == NULL)
+		return;
+	(*((struct fns *)re->re_fns)->free)(re);
+}