Message-ID:	<39C4B88F.B44487D2@softhome.net>
Date:	Sun, 17 Sep 2000 14:26:55 +0200
From:	Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: deleting NULL ?
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Edmund Horner wrote:
> 
> Freeing (or deleting, in C++) the NULL pointer is not supposed to be done!
> Some DPMI servers ignore it, and some (such as DJGPP) will cause a SIGSEGV
> (segment violation) -- you're program will crash, and this is what you want
> to happen!

You would be right if free(NULL) or delete NULL call would directly call DPMI.
But that's not true - C and C++ standards specify NULL as an exception, so
free(NULL) does nothing.

Laurynas

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