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Hi all,
consider the below code snippet:

struct ips
{
int i;
};

struct ips * ipsptr;
int * ptr;

ipsptr = (struct ips * ) malloc(sizeof(struct ips));
ptr = ipsptr;
free(ptr);

what is the effect of the code above?
Does it cause memory leak?
Please suggest how it happens or does not happen.

Thanks n regards,
Prashanth

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It does not caluse a memory leak, but both pointers are invalidated after the free.

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