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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 12:25:09 -0300
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
CC: Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gah AT jet DOT es>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: How do I free the allocated memory?
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Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> 1) Don't allocate the memory before checking new_str.
> >       char *new_str;
> >       if (new_str == NULL) return NULL;
> SET

    Isn't 'new_str' initalized to whatever happens to be in memory?  Isn't the whole point to check to see if
malloc was able to allocate the space?  If so, how could you check for an error before the function is called?

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