Re: Return a string in C???

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From: Karl Heinz Buchegger
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 14:39

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chris wrote:
> 
> "Richard Heathfield" <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:bbg354$k2n$3@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > 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,

Then you are not using a C compiler, but are using a C++ compiler.
In this case you should drop malloc altogether and use new instead.


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Karl Heinz Buchegger
kbuchegg@gascad.at

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