Re: Freeing memory - will it be available immediately

user923005 <dcorbit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think that either interpretation is possible. The fact there have
been long-winded discussions on this before indicate that the wording
is ambiguous.

And that ambiguous language was deliberately chosen to give implementors
leeway to implement it in whatever they consider to be the most useful
fashion for their user base.

-Larry Jones

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend. -- Calvin
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