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From:	jstacey AT plato DOT wadham DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (J-P)
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Subject:	Re: ok, I have more info on problem at hand
Date:	2 Sep 2000 13:53:10 +0100
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In article <hsn1rs04jjeiksk1saev2cfjv5fpafqp1f AT 4ax DOT com>,
Jason Green  <mail AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>The error message says it all.  You cannot implicitly cast the void
>ptr return from malloc() to a int ptr.  If this is a C++ program you
>should use new/delete rather than malloc()/free().

.... unless you ever want to resize, in which case use malloc() and
realloc() and explicitly cast the pointers. Discuss (20 marks).

J-P

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