Re: Help with understanding this please

lawrence.jones@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Richard <rgrdev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote [re. casting the return value of malloc]:
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Why on earth would I do that? What good could it possibly do?

Yeah because C++ is wrong and so was pre Ansi C.

C++ isn't wrong, it's different (C++ programs should use new rather than
malloc). Pre-ANSI C *was* wrong, that's why ANSI changed it.

My point seems to have eluded you. And that is it is NOT obvious. And
Heathfield's reply was less than useless.
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