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More info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13818803/check-for-null-before-delete-in-c-good-practice

In C this became possible after C89, code is cleaner.

 C89: 4.10.3.2 The free function.

The free function causes the space pointed to by ptr to be deallocated, that is,
made available for further allocation. If ptr is a null pointer, no action occurs.

More info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13818803/check-for-null-before-delete-in-c-good-practice

In C this became possible after C89, code is cleaner.

```
 C89: 4.10.3.2 The free function.

The free function causes the space pointed to by ptr to be deallocated, that is, made available for further allocation. If ptr is a null pointer, no action occurs.
```
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