IDirect3DVertexShader9::Release

DX9 vtable[2] → ULONG

IDirect3DVertexShader9::Release is a method of the COM interface IDirect3DVertexShader9 in Direct3D 9. Its function pointer sits at vtable index 2 — the zero-based slot in that interface's virtual method table, counted from QueryInterface and including every entry inherited from a base interface. It takes no parameters and returns ULONG.

COM methods are reached through that table rather than by an exported name, so the slot index is what a wrapper, an interface hook or a disassembly listing has to resolve against.