From: Jason Green <mail AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: ok, I have more info on problem at hand
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jstacey AT plato DOT wadham DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (J-P) 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. 

The standard containers will let you resize.

> Discuss (20 marks).

Not here thanks.  If you really think there is a place for malloc() in
C++, post this to comp.lang.c++ and I'll watch the discussion with
interest.