free clones via delete instead of free

main.odin

@@ -1198,6 +1198,15 @@ handle_query :: proc(engine: ^dynamodb.Storage_Engine, request: ^HTTP_Request, r
 
 		// Apply ProjectionExpression
 		projection, has_proj := dynamodb.parse_projection_expression(request.body, attr_names)
+		defer { // This block just frees the cloned string and projection slice
+			if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
+				for path in projection {
+					delete(path)  // Free each cloned string
+				}
+				delete(projection)  // Free the slice
+			}
+		}
+
 		final_items: []dynamodb.Item
 
 		if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
@@ -1237,6 +1246,15 @@ handle_query :: proc(engine: ^dynamodb.Storage_Engine, request: ^HTTP_Request, r
 
 	// ---- Apply ProjectionExpression ----
 	projection, has_proj := dynamodb.parse_projection_expression(request.body, attr_names)
+	defer { // This block just frees the cloned string and projection slice
+		if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
+			for path in projection {
+				delete(path)  // Free each cloned string
+			}
+			delete(projection)  // Free the slice
+		}
+	}
+
 	final_items: []dynamodb.Item
 
 	if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
@@ -1342,6 +1360,15 @@ handle_scan :: proc(engine: ^dynamodb.Storage_Engine, request: ^HTTP_Request, re
 		scanned_count := len(result.items)
 
 		projection, has_proj := dynamodb.parse_projection_expression(request.body, attr_names)
+		defer { // This block just frees the cloned string and projection slice
+			if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
+				for path in projection {
+					delete(path)  // Free each cloned string
+				}
+				delete(projection)  // Free the slice
+			}
+		}
+
 		final_items: []dynamodb.Item
 
 		if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
@@ -1381,6 +1408,15 @@ handle_scan :: proc(engine: ^dynamodb.Storage_Engine, request: ^HTTP_Request, re
 
 	// ---- Apply ProjectionExpression ----
 	projection, has_proj := dynamodb.parse_projection_expression(request.body, attr_names)
+	defer { // This block just frees the cloned string and projection slice
+		if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {
+			for path in projection {
+				delete(path)  // Free each cloned string
+			}
+			delete(projection)  // Free the slice
+		}
+	}
+
 	final_items: []dynamodb.Item
 
 	if has_proj && len(projection) > 0 {