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RE: cfree



At 03:15 PM 3/24/99 +0100, Levon Saldamli wrote:
>I have trouble linking with some files that use cfree. Does anybody
>recognize this problem? It is in the include file stdlib.h but linking
>fails.

cfree is (in BSD style) genrally written as a macro

#define	cfree( x )		(free(x),x=NULL)

That way, if you try to dereference this free pointer you'll get a core
dump.

Eligis: Christian Jullien (OOP consultant)
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