From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>
Cc: jmoore@cygnus.com, kevinb@cygnus.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: xfree() -- set ptr to nil (fwd)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:12:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A8990D1.573530F9@cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200102130001.QAA23491@bosch.cygnus.com>
Some platforms dump core from free(NULL), yet an ISO-C free(NULL)
doesn't. xfree() addresses this inconsistency by ensuring ISO-C
behavour.
enjoy,
Andrew
PS: Drugs^D^D^D^D^D Macros are bad M'kay ....
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-13 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-12 16:01 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2001-02-13 14:12 ` Andrew Cagney [this message]
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2001-02-12 15:07 John R. Moore
2001-02-12 15:21 ` Kevin Buettner
2001-02-12 15:33 ` John R. Moore
2001-02-12 15:46 ` Daniel Berlin
2001-02-12 15:52 ` John R. Moore
2001-02-12 15:54 ` J.T. Conklin
2001-02-12 15:25 ` J.T. Conklin
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