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Re: by quietbritishjim on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @07:20AM (#45436451)
While I agree it shouldn't, that particular document is the UNIX specification, not the C specification, so it does not apply to C compilers on non-UNIX platforms.
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Re: by jibal on Thursday October 02, 2025 @09:31AM (#45449368)
free(NULL) is a noop ever since C89 (I was on the standards committee, X3J11).
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