Re: Thank You -- Thomas J. Gritzan

Tom wrote:

.... snip ...

The following is a MS example that FAILS to compile:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void main( void )
{
long *buffer;
size_t size;

if( (buffer = (long *)malloc( 1000 * sizeof( long ) )) == NULL )
exit( 1 );

size = _msize( buffer );
printf( "Size of block after malloc of 1000 longs: %u\n", size );

/* Reallocate and show new size: */
if( (buffer = realloc( buffer, size + (1000 * sizeof( long )) ))
== NULL )
exit( 1 );
size = _msize( buffer );
printf( "Size of block after realloc of 1000 more longs: %u\n",
size );

free( buffer );
exit( 0 );
}
=============================
Here's the compiler error:

Compiling...
main.cpp
c:\stock programs\temp project tbd\main.cpp(40) : error C2440: '=' :
cannot convert from 'void *' to 'long *'
Conversion from 'void*' to pointer to non-'void' requires an
explicit cast
Error executing cl.exe.

temp project tbd.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

=============================

Someone did not even take the effort to compile their own example!!

Add the cast and it works.

You are using a C++ compiler. Don't do that. I don't know just
how you control the MS monstrosity, but look to the IDE setup
and/or the source file naming. The file extension should be
lowercase .c, not .cpp.

--
"I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years
ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago.
You can't go beyond possibility." -- Mark Twain



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