Re: malloc() for struct member

On 5 Oct 2005 20:06:15 -0700, "googler" <pinaki_m77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello, I have a very simple question that I'm a bit confused about
>right now. Is it OK to allocate memory by malloc() or calloc() for a
>struct member and then call free() on it? For example, I have the code
>below.
>
>struct mystruct {
> int a;
> char *b;
> int c;
>};
>
>struct mystruct myobject;
>
>myobject.b = (char *)malloc(50);

Don't cast the return from malloc. It doesn't help and may cause the
compiler to suppress a diagnostic you really want to see.
>...
>...
>free(myobject.b);

This is how you would avoid a memory leak. What prompted the
question?

>
>Is the above code OK, or is there any potential problem with it?
>
>Thanks!


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