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List:       mutt-dev
Subject:    Re: why casting pointer in mutt_mem_free
From:       "Kevin J. McCarthy" <kevin () 8t8 ! us>
Date:       2018-03-28 17:16:57
Message-ID: 20180328171657.GD3054 () zaogao ! lan
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 12:30:13PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> This does not exist in the Mutt source.  It probably shouldn't...
> The implementation is arguably bad and using it potentially invites
> bugs.

I agree with your points, but just wanted to point out that Mutt has
FREE()/safe_free() which this is based on.  To counter the problem you
pointed out, we have the check_sec.sh script which scans for incorrect
usage.

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