Do we need to free memory by using var:="" if variable is local to function? Topic is solved

[john_c]

Do we need to free the memory by using var := "" if the variable is local to a function?

An example of what I'm talking about:

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CopyToPseudoClipboard(ClipWaitTimeout := "") {
  ClipSaved := ClipboardAll()
  A_Clipboard := "" ; Required for ClipWait
  Send("^c")

  if (ClipWait(ClipWaitTimeout)) {
    PseudoClipboard := A_Clipboard
  }

  A_Clipboard := ClipSaved
  ClipSaved := "" ; Free the memory in case the clipboard is very large. Am I right that this line is excessive?
  Return(PseudoClipboard)
}

[boiler]

Per the Functions documentation:

All local variables which are not static are automatically freed (made empty) when the function returns, with the exception of variables which are bound to a closure or VarRef (such variables are freed at the same time as the closure or VarRef).

[john_c]

Thanks