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Animatronic · Sep 26th, 2005, 7:25 PM

I dont know where you've seen *int but in C (and C++) it should be int*, whether you are casting to or declaring an int pointer.

If you are using a C compiler and you have included stdlib.h, there is no need to cast the result from malloc() (calloc,realloc,...), infact it can cover up serious bugs (see here for more info).

Sep 26th, 2005, 7:25 PM	#3
Animatronic Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 99 Rep Power: 4	I dont know where you've seen int but in C (and C++) it should be int, whether you are casting to or declaring an int pointer. If you are using a C compiler and you have included stdlib.h, there is no need to cast the result from malloc() (calloc,realloc,...), infact it can cover up serious bugs (see here for more info).