Re: Why not another style thread? (was Re: cvs commit:src/lib/libc/gen getgrent.c)

[Chris Costello]

On Sunday, December 17, 2000, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> What do folks think about
> 
>   1)    if (data)
>                 free(data);
> 
> versus
> 
>   2)    free(data);
> 
> versus
> 
>   3)    #define xfree(x) if ((x) != NULL) free(x);
>         xfree(data);

   2.  The C standard dictates that free() does nothing when it
gets a NULL argument.  The other two are just extra clutter.

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