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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: FAQ - malloc array - clarify
Keywords: malloc, Sun, lint
Message-ID: <26438@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 8 Sep 90 21:22:58 GMT
References: <8056@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Sep08.022034.8444@virtech.uucp>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <1990Sep08.022034.8444@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp
(Conor P. Cahill) writes:
[re the lint error from `ptr = malloc(expr * sizeof(sometype))':
 malloc, arg. 1 used inconsistently]

>This is caused by the argument to malloc being unsigned, not signed.  A
>cast in your code will fix this.

Note that the cast is only required in old, broken compilers where the
result of `sizeof' is an int instead of a size_t (typically unsigned
int).  These compilers are remarkably widespread (and, unfortunately,
fixing them breaks some existing code, which is why I have not fixed
ours here yet).
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