Re: Return a string in C???

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From: chris
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 12:45

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"Richard Heathfield" <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> chris wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >
> >
> > you could have the function allocate the buffer and return the length:
> >
> > int StringFunction (char ** buffer) {
> >     int bufferSize;
> >     ...
> >     *buffer = (char *)malloc(bufferSize);
>
> What does the cast buy you?
>
> And why use int, when malloc takes size_t?
>
> <snip>
>
> -- 
> Richard Heathfield : binary@eton.powernet.co.uk
> "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999.
> C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
> K&R answers, C books, etc: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton

my compiler complains about casting a void * to a value without doing it
explicitly, and i would normally use an unsigned, but didn't think of it at
the time because it was just a quick response

chris

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