(void *) ? /* again */

Conor P. Cahill cpcahil at virtech.uucp
Mon Jan 22 08:50:49 AEST 1990


In article <6200009 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, phil at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>         void * malloc();
> 
> and you should be able to use it like:
> 
>         long * plong;
>         plong = malloc( sizeof(long) );
> 
> Is this considered a "legit" warning?

Yes it is a legit warning.  To turn off the warning you can do the following:

          plong = (long *) malloc( sizeof(long) );


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