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From: zleyyij <75810274+zleyyij@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:02:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2024-11-19 21:02:30

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 .../software development/ECE1400/Chapter 17 Exercises.md  | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 17 Exercises.md b/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 17 Exercises.md
index 4d0498c..e57b3a3 100644
--- a/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 17 Exercises.md	
+++ b/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 17 Exercises.md	
@@ -38,4 +38,10 @@ for (p = first; p != NULL; p = p->next)
 	free(p);
 ```
 
-The above loop won't function because it deallocates an entry, resulting
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+The above loop won't function because it deallocates the entry, then attempts to access the pointer to the next item, *after* it's already been freed.
+
+A functional example might look like this:
+```c
+struct entry* p = first;
+
+```
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