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From: delbene@homxa.UUCP (K.DELBENE)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Dumb question on dyn. mem. alloc (if(hate(novices)) dont_read();)
Message-ID: <1035@homxa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 08:19:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 08:19:31 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jul-85 03:03:44 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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I've got a dumb question on the dynamic allocation of memory to
structures in 'C' using the malloc() family.  It seems that no
matter how I declare the function calloc() or how I typecast in
the returned pointer, I get a warning from lint that I have
a "possible pointer alignment problem."  Since I'm writing a
simulation, with these structures coming and going in volume,
I have to use dynamic allocation.  My question is, what problems
am I going to run into and how can I fix them (or should I just 
ignore the the message)?

				Kurt D. Del Bene
				...!ihnp4!homxa!delbene

P.S.  Please be gentle. I know 'C' (2 yrs. experience, 10k+ lines),
      but not its nuances.

P.P.S. Anyone know of a GOOD (i.e. well written) book on 'C' (other
       than K&R, which I've read and digested relatively completely) that
       doesn't treat you like some weekend programmer with a business degree
       from Podunk U?