From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cagney To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain 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 Message-id: <3A8990D1.573530F9@cygnus.com> References: <200102130001.QAA23491@bosch.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00188.html 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 ....