zero size malloc [duplicate]

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The behaviour is implementation defined, you will receive either a NULL pointer or an address. Calling free for the received pointer should however not cause a problem since:

  • free(NULL) is ok, no operation is done
  • free(address) is ok, if address was received from malloc (or others like calloc etc.)

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