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            clReleaseKernel
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        <p>          
            Decrements the kernel reference count.
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			The kernel object is deleted once the number of instances that are retained to <code class="varname">kernel</code> become zero and the kernel object is no longer needed by any enqueued commands that use <code class="varname">kernel</code>.
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			<code class="function">clReleaseKernel</code> returns <span class="errorname">CL_SUCCESS</span> if the function is
			executed successfully. It returns <span class="errorname">CL_INVALID_KERNEL</span> if <code class="varname">kernel</code> is not a valid kernel object.
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            <a href="http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/specs/opencl-1.0.pdf#page=103" target="OpenCL Spec">OpenCL Specification</a>
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            <a class="citerefentry" href="clCreateKernel.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clCreateKernel</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clCreateKernelsInProgram.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clCreateKernelsInProgram</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clRetainKernel.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clRetainKernel</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clSetKernelArg.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clSetKernelArg</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clGetKernelInfo.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clGetKernelInfo</span></span></a>, 
			<a class="citerefentry" href="clGetKernelWorkGroupInfo.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">clGetKernelWorkGroupInfo</span></span></a>
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