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Document ESP.getMaxFreeBlockSize() != max malloc size #7328

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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Some ESP-specific APIs related to deep sleep, RTC and flash memories are availab

``ESP.getHeapFragmentation()`` returns the fragmentation metric (0% is clean, more than ~50% is not harmless)

``ESP.getMaxFreeBlockSize()`` returns the maximum allocatable ram block regarding heap fragmentation
``ESP.getMaxFreeBlockSize()`` returns the largest contiguous free RAM block in the heap, useful for checking heap fragmentation. **NOTE:** Maximum ``malloc()``able block will be smaller due to memory manager overheads.

``ESP.getChipId()`` returns the ESP8266 chip ID as a 32-bit integer.

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