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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Memory allocation/deallocation for tree? Any good way?
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Date: 10 Jan 91 16:05:23 GMT
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In article <MCDANIEL.91Jan9102148@dolphin.adi.com> mcdaniel@adi.com (Tim McDaniel) writes:
>A free() that did nothing would satisfy ANSI C, ...

Not strictly true, as the standard specifies that the storage is made
available for subsequent allocation.  However, there is no strictly
conforming way to test for this behavior.