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From:	Peter Berdeklis <peter AT atmosp DOT physics DOT utoronto DOT ca>
Subject:	Re: Freeing null
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On 25 Feb 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> What are the effects of free(ptr) if ptr happens to be null?

Nothing.  At least, nothing bad. :)

I'm pretty sure that this is ANSI C.  I'm absolutely sure that delete 0 
is safe (C++ Draft Standard).

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Peter Berdeklis
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto

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