@@ -368,17 +368,19 @@
 	return PRE_IVAR->retain_count;
 }
 
 - release
 {
-	if (!--PRE_IVAR->retain_count)
-		return [self free];
+	if (!--PRE_IVAR->retain_count) {
+		[self dealloc];
+		return nil;
+	}
 
 	return self;
 }
 
-- free
+- (void)dealloc
 {
 	void **iter = PRE_IVAR->memchunks + PRE_IVAR->memchunks_size;
 
 	while (iter-- > PRE_IVAR->memchunks)
 		free(*iter);
@@ -385,8 +387,7 @@
 
 	if (PRE_IVAR->memchunks != NULL)
 		free(PRE_IVAR->memchunks);
 
 	free((char*)self - PRE_IVAR_ALIGN);
-	return nil;
 }
 @end