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From: gaynor@sparky.rutgers.edu (Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Life after free?
Keywords: free malloc
Message-ID: <Sep.27.10.14.14.1990.18392@sparky.rutgers.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 90 14:14:15 GMT
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> Any comments on free-ing tmp before it is return-ed?
Whaaat?  That's just begging for nightmares, for you and anyone else that has
to deal with or be responsible for such code.  You're better off tease a NYC
cop with a realistic-looking toy gun -- much safer, and you'll know the outcome
immediately.

Regards, [Ag]