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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: why is free() a void?
Message-ID: <14362@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 7 Nov 90 08:25:55 GMT
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Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1749@meaddata.meaddata.com> rob@pmserv.meaddata.com writes:
>As the subject says, I'm curious as to why free() does not return a value.

Because there's nothing reliable it can tell you.
If you misinvoke it, it can't necessarily detect the fact.