From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: malloc() problem
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 09:22:00 +0100
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Dlanor Blytkerchan wrote in message ...
>bufferType *buffer;
>bool rc = true;
>
>rc = ((buffer = (bufferType*)malloc(sizeof(bufferType))) != NULL);
>if (!rc) {
>  start complaining and quit..
>} // if


Are you compiling a C or C++ ? (bool and true are C++ keywords)
If you are indeed using C++ then consider allocating the structure with new.

Mike