In C, you shouldn't cast the return value from malloc(3) et al.
Why ?
In C (and we're talking about C and not C++)
1) It's superfluous. 2) Can hide bugs depending upon architecture/compiler etc, where if you don't
#include <stdlib.h>
the return type of malloc may be assumed to be int which may mean you're using a truncated address and that won't end well...
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In C, you shouldn't cast the return value from malloc(3) et al.
Why ?
In C (and we're talking about C and not C++)
1) It's superfluous.
2) Can hide bugs depending upon architecture/compiler etc, where if you don't
the return type of malloc may be assumed to be int which may mean you're using a truncated address and that won't end well...