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From: Colin Jensen
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:59

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In article <1993Jan20.144643.9495@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>In article <1993Jan19.154532.20484@solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de> catd@rz.tu-clausthal.de writes:
>>   p = ( int *) malloc( sizeof(int)*120...0);
>
>The (int *) cast is unnecessary in ANSI-C.  malloc() returns a (void
>*) which is compatible with everything.

Unfortunately, the cast is neccesary in C++, so the cast should be used
for better portability.

-- 
Colin Jensen
ljensen@netcom.netcom.com	cjensen@ampex.com

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