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diff --git a/CodingStyle b/CodingStyle
index f4765ad8..2ee189fa 100644
--- a/CodingStyle
+++ b/CodingStyle
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ parameters and their corresponding size parameters should be paired.
         ...
     }
 
+Functions that destroy an instance of a dynamically-allocated type
+should accept and ignore a null pointer argument.  Code that calls
+such a function (including the C standard library function free())
+should omit a null-pointer check.  We find that this usually makes
+code easier to read.
+
 
 FUNCTION PROTOTYPES
 
@@ -412,13 +418,8 @@ Exception 1: Put a space after (but not before) the "sizeof" keyword.
 Exception 2: Put a space between the () used in a cast and the
 expression whose type is cast: (void *) 0.
 
-  Break long lines before binary operators and the ternary operators ?
-and :, rather than after them, e.g.
-
-    if (first_long_condition() || second_long_condition()
-        || third_long_condition())
-
-and
+  Break long lines before the ternary operators ? and :, rather than
+after them, e.g.
 
     return (out_port != VIGP_CONTROL_PATH
             ? alpheus_output_port(dp, skb, out_port)