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From: skwu@spot.Colorado.EDU (WU SHI-KUEI)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: validity of free() on later pointer operations
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Date: 13 Jul 90 22:39:58 GMT
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>>I quote the manual here:
>>	The argument to "free" is a pointer to a block previosly allocated
>>	by "malloc"; after "free" is performed this space is made available
>>	for further allocation, but its contents are left undisturbed.
>
>I wonder which manual that is.

The AT&T System V.3 Programmer Manual for the 3B2.