From: av568 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu (Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: quick malloc question
Date: 5 Mar 1997 02:54:06 GMT
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Paul Derbyshire (ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA) wrote:

> "Cristovao Braga" (cbraga AT datasoft DOT com DOT br) writes:
> > char *p;
> > 
> > main ()
> >    {
> >       p = (char *) malloc (5 * 1024 * 1024);
> >    }

> Why the HELL do people keep writing things like (char *)malloc(x)????????

> GCC, and to my knowledge other compilers, allow any pointer to be assigned
> to a variable of type void * and conversely allow any variable of type void
> * to be assigned to any pointer, without casts.

Because it *ensures* that the code will work, even on non-ANSI compliant 
machines. Why the hell do you write "int main(void)" instead of "main()" 
of "void main(void)"? It ensures your code will work.

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