Should free() take a pointer to const argument?

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From: Jeff Dunlop
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 20:29

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 fdcu> Even if the realloc call returns
 fdcu> the same address as the one passed to it no strictly conforming program
 fdcu> can rely on this fact or even detect it since all pointers to the
 fdcu> original object are indeterminate after the successful call to realloc.

 fdcu> Even if the 2 instances of i have the same memory address they must be
 fdcu> regarded as distinct objects because they can never be referenced at the
 fdcu> same time, pointers to them can never be compared

Why can't they be compared?

Jeff
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Subject: Should free() take a pointer to const argument?
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