4.3BSD-Reno/src/lib/libpc/DISPOSE.c

/*-
 * Copyright (c) 1979 The Regents of the University of California.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
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 * developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors''
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 */

#ifndef lint
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)DISPOSE.c	1.4 (Berkeley) 4/9/90";
#endif /* not lint */

#include	"h00vars.h"

DISPOSE(var, siz)
	register char	**var;	/* pointer to pointer being deallocated */
	long		siz;	/* sizeof(bletch) */
{
	register int size = siz;

	if (*var == 0 || *var + size > _maxptr || *var < _minptr) {
		ERROR("Pointer value out of legal range\n", 0);
		return;
	}
	free(*var);
	if (*var == _minptr)
		_minptr += size;
	if (*var + size == _maxptr)
		_maxptr -= size;
	*var = (char *)(0);
}