faq & casting malloc()

From: tweak (xbwaichunasx_at_cox.net)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:22:44 -0700

Emmanuel Delahaye wrote:

> Your problem is covered by the FAQ:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q4.8.html

I went to the faq and it looks like:

void f(ip)
int *fp;
{
        static int dummy = 5;
        ip = &dummy;
}

shouldn't the above read:

int *fp;

void f(ip) {

     static int dummy = 5;
     ip = &dummy;
}

If so, could you correct it?

Brian

P.S. The FAQ really does answer the question even
      though the poster thought their problem
      was malloc(), which had the wrong size_t --
      cutting off '\0'.

Note: The only item I can find regarding casting
       of malloc() is K&R2 pg. 142:

       "In C, the proper method is to declare that
        malloc return a pointer to void, then
        explicitly coerce the pointer into the
        desired type with cast."

        Now, I couldn't find anything specific in
        ISO C99, so I guess it's up to the programmer
        to decide.

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