ANSI malloc: void * or char *

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From: John Kapenga
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 19:13

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hi;
In the gcc2.2.2 install for X11R5 I see that twm pickes up a conflict.
It assumes malloc and realloc are type   char *,
which is the type they have in SUN-OS 4.1.1 and I see that referenced
in Plaugers book on the std lib.
However gcc, and the include files fixincludes generates, have it
as type  void *  for both malloc and realloc.

Sorry if I missed this somewhere, I expect it has been asked before :-)
I can adjust X11 either way, it appear to me I'll go char *, though
void *  seem a better choice.

john
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Subject: ANSI malloc: void *  or  char *
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