ANSI malloc: void * or char *

Article View: gnu.gcc.help

Article #52651

#52651

From: Richard Stallman
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 12:33

5 lines
831 bytes

ANSI C specifies that malloc and realloc return void *.

Fixincludes is defined in version 2.2 to alter memory.h so that these
functions will be declared to return void *.  You should run
fixincludes unless your headers support ANSI C properly.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <9206212033.AA17383@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!gnu.ai.mit.edu!rms

References: <1992Jun21.191334.5771@sol.cs.wmich.edu>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 11318c,22b492cf22b362a5
X-Google-Attributes: gid11318c,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-06-21 08:43:36 PST
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!gnu.ai.mit.edu!rms
From: rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman)
Subject: ANSI malloc: void *  or  char *
Message-ID: <9206212033.AA17383@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
References: <1992Jun21.191334.5771@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
Distribution: gnu
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 12:33:47 GMT
Lines: 6

Reply to Parent Message