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Mps_free is not the only way to manually return memory to a pool (there's also mps_ap_frame_pop in some pools).

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@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ available to your program. See :ref:`topic-pool`.
Pools belong to **pool classes** that specify policies for how their
memory is managed. Some pools are :term:`manually managed <manual
memory management>` (you must call :c:func:`mps_free` to return a
block of memory to the pool) and others are :term:`automatically
managed <automatic memory management>` (the :term:`garbage collector`
reclaims :term:`unreachable` blocks). See :ref:`pool`.
memory management>` (you must explicitly return memory to the pool,
for example by calling :c:func:`mps_free`) and others are
:term:`automatically managed <automatic memory management>` (the
:term:`garbage collector` reclaims :term:`unreachable` blocks). See
:ref:`pool`.
:term:`Formatted <formatted object>` pools need you to tell them how to
**scan** for :term:`references` to allocated blocks. See