--On Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:30 PM +0300 Kaido Karner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> I think I would prefer to have these combined into a single function.
>> gw_free now maps onto the gw_native_free or gw_check_free with macros.
>> We could make the macros as such that they pass the pointer to the
>> address space containing the pointer and make the pointer even NULL.
>>
>> What do others think?? I guess that in more places the pointer needs
>> to be 'NULL'-ed after the free.
>
> I'd say no - this would propagate bad programming practices.
As for bad practises, you can see it that way. I however would
say it maps onto another function which can do more the 'free'
alone. IMHO, that warrants the change. It also protects developers.
What do others think??
Harrie
Internet Management Consulting
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