What does malloc(0) return?

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From: Steve Emmerson
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 17:25

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Greetings,

The subject-line says it all and my K&R2 is silent on the matter.
Is the answer NULL, non-NULL (but don't dereference), undefined,
or implementation-defined?

Thanks in advance.

Steve Emmerson        steve@unidata.ucar.edu        ...!ncar!unidata!steve

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