Re: Thank You -- Thomas J. Gritzan

Tom said:

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Now I am using malloc(), realloc() and free(). I am casting the
pointer output of malloc() and realloc() to match my data structure.

Why?

(The need for this casting is poorly described in the realloc() doco
in my opinion.)

There is no such need. The cast is unnecessary and obfuscatory, and can
conceivably conceal the bug of failing to provide a prototype for *alloc,
which happens from time to time.

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