From: Brian Osman <osmanb AT rpi DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: quick malloc question
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 10:30:22 -0500
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
> 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.
> 
> --
>     .*.  Where feelings are concerned, answers are rarely simple [GeneDeWeese]
>  -()  <  When I go to the theater, I always go straight to the "bag and mix"
>     `*'  bulk candy section...because variety is the spice of life... [me]
> Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh

If you don't, and compile with -Wall (which everyone should) then you
get warnings about conversion without a cast. I know it happens with gcc
on
other platforms, and I think it happens on DOS too. (It still works, but
I don't like having warnings...)

Brian