Re: C or C++ for FOSS/linux?

On 2006-12-29, Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote:
Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@xxxxxxxxx> typed

[snip]

int *i = (int *) malloc (100*sizeof(int));

I don't know much of C programming, but that is known to me as the way
you allocate an array of 100 integers on the heap in C.

Wrong; it's:

int *i = malloc (100*sizeof(int));

You should not cast the value returned by malloc; that can mask
errors.

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