From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b2dd3ff35d68d825 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-09 05:29:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Unchecked_Deallocation subtleties Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:19:47 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <87smssj94u.fsf@inf.enst.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.a0.5c X-Server-Date: 9 Apr 2003 12:20:03 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36017 Date: 2003-04-09T12:20:03+00:00 List-Id: Samuel Tardieu wrote in message news:87smssj94u.fsf@inf.enst.fr... > > "no effect" means "no user observable effect". Just as if you didn't > call "Free(X)". If "Deallocate" may have side effects, it should not > be called. > No side effect other than possibly execution time. I don't believe the ARM considers execution time to to be a factor in determining if there is "no effect" - but obviously, in some applications, that might be an issue. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "Going cold turkey isn't as delicious as it sounds." -- H. Simpson ======================================================================