From:	"Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Msnews@pineight.8m.com>
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Subject:	Re: Problems with MALLOC and FREE
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Date:	Wed, 22 Dec 1999 03:38:25 GMT
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"Eric Sosman" <eric DOT sosman AT east DOT sun DOT com> wrote in message
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> Damian Yerrick wrote:
> > [...]
> > Oh, by the way, does anyone know what the standard
> > says should happen when you free(NULL)?
>
>     "If _ptr_ is a null pointer, no action occurs."

Simplifies things a bit.

#define Free(ptr)      free(ptr); ptr = NULL

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