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> [snip - redundant 'free' checks]
> You are right, these should be removed. I find it's best not to check
> before calling free() because you could write the check the wrong way
> around and end up not freeing valid pointers, but only 0 pointers!
OTOH, I've never liked this rule, so I make a point of always
checking pointers, when they can be NULL. This looks like a wart
in the spec (which they unfortunately have brought to C++ delete).
Just to voice my point :)
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Vincent Penquerc'h
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