Per Bojsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> *** Regarding Re: r15098 - gnucash/trunk/src/gnome-utils -
> gnc_history_get_last() can return NULL.; Derek Atkins
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:
>
> Derek> free() still doesn't check, but g_free() does.
>
> Actually at least on Linux, according to man 3 free:
>
> If ptr is NULL, no operation is performed.
Yes, but Linux isn't the only OS we support. Have you checked
the man pages on *BSD, MacOS, Windows, Solaris, IRIX? It's
just not safe to assume that libc's free() will check for NULL
and work properly if you pass it NULL. g_free(), however,
is known to be safe in all versions we care about.
-derek
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