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

Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@xxxxxxxxx> typed

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.

Thanks for the correction. As I said, I have only little experience with
C, because I try to avoid it whenever possible... I strongly dislike C.

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