Re: malloc realloc and pointers

In article <474F3665.E22FCDA7@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ravi wrote:

int *variable, value;
*((long*)variable)++ = value;
*((long*)variable)++ = value;
*((long*)variable)++ = value;
*((long*)variable)++ = value;

If variable is properly aligned, I believe it's valid.

variable has not been initialized, so it is a dangling pointer.
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