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 <overview>
 <p>The <code>free</code> function, which deallocates heap memory, may accept a NULL pointer and take no action. Therefore, it is unnecessary to check its argument for the value of NULL before a function call to <code>free</code>. As such, these guards may hinder performance and readability.</p>