FAQ - malloc array - clarify

[Chris Torek]

In article <1990Sep08.022034.8444 at virtech.uucp> cpcahil at virtech.uucp
(Conor P. Cahill) writes:
[re the lint error from `ptr = malloc(expr * sizeof(sometype))':
 malloc, arg. 1 used inconsistently]

>This is caused by the argument to malloc being unsigned, not signed.  A
>cast in your code will fix this.

Note that the cast is only required in old, broken compilers where the
result of `sizeof' is an int instead of a size_t (typically unsigned
int).  These compilers are remarkably widespread (and, unfortunately,
fixing them breaks some existing code, which is why I have not fixed
ours here yet).
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