g_free() vs. free()

[Farooq Mela <f_mela yahoo com>]

Is it ok to call plain old free() vs. g_free() on
memory returned from functions such as
gtk_editable_get_chars()? GTK documentation says that
these functions use g_malloc() to allocate the memory
they return. I think I read that the g_malloc()
function maintains it's own list of allocated
addresses.. Would it be advantageous or would it not
matter to call g_free() on this memory? I am thinking
that using g_free would simply notifies the whatever
mechanism GLib uses to keep track of memory that has
been allocated. Any ideas?

Regards,

Farooq

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