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From: new@udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Lattice 5.04 problem with free()
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Date: 30 Oct 89 21:27:22 GMT
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In article <1989Oct30.062445.1759@agate.berkeley.edu> mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer) writes:
>My copy of the dpANS C standard and of K&R 2 both show free as being
>void. The 5.02 docs show free as being an int, with an error if the
>block wasn't freed.

Why would a free request fail?  Or do you mean that it fails if
you attempt to free NULL or non-malloced memory or something?
	  -- Darren