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From: ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: malloc() and calloc()
Message-ID: <3860@sage.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 90 14:12:27 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
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   Well the last time this discussion was around, I didn't know that the
heck these two functions meant (or how C worked for that matter). Things have
changed, but I believe I'm running into the same problem that others did:

   I CAN do the following successfully:

	int  *i;

	i = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int) * 5);

   but if CANNOT do the following:

	int *i;

	i = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int) * 6);

   Notice the difference??? Trying to allocate 5 gives me a valid pointer.
Trying to allocate 6 gives me 0x000000. the big NULL! Anyways, anyone know
why this is happening? I'm on a 2.5meg SE (don't believe a lack of memory
to be the problem).

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Piper Keairnes
ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu