Re: freeing NULL pointer

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Hi,
> 
> 1) What happens when we free/delete a NULL pointer?
> ex:
> int *p=NULL;
> delete(p);// or free p;
> 
> On my PC(linux operating system and GCC compiler) the above code ran
> successfully.
> I read manual pages. No information about it.
According to the standards for both C and C++, nothing happens when you
apply free or delete upon a NULL-pointer.
> 
> 2) Where can I found how fee() function works? I want to see source code.
> any links please.
I would recommend you the source-code of your libc-Library. This might
be the gnu C library - there you can get the source-code from
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/#Availability
> 

Axel

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