(char *)malloc(100) (Re: 64 bits--why stop there?)

[Peter da Silva]

In article <1375 at svin02.info.win.tue.nl> rcpieter at svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr) writes:
> So it is not a problem of a bit-adressing machine but of a braindead compiler.

No, it's neither. It's a case of incompatibilities between ints and pointers.
There are *lots* of machines where leaving malloc undeclared will produce
garbage:

	Intel anything.
	Small 68000 systems.
	Any 68000 system with efficient code generation (returning pointers
		in A0 instead of D0 is a pretty obvious win).
	Word-addressed machines.

Always declare everything, or expect things to fail.
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