Re: tmpfile alternative

From: Casper Dik (Casper.Dikat_private)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 01:59:42 PST

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>On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 08:22:20PM +0100, zoppiat_private wrote:
>> Hi, i've implemented this function as part of my bondlog package:
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>...
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>>   unsigned char *stream;
>> 
>>   if ((stream = (char *) malloc (11)) == NULL)
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>No biggy, but looks nicer if you would cast to unsigned char *.

You should not cast the return value from malloc() in C.

If you forget top include <stdlib.h>, the cast will suppress the
warning from the compiler about converting an integer to a pointer.
(And in a 64 bit Solaris app. the code would actually break)

Casper

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