[m]allocation question

[Karl Heuer]

In article <18552 at rpp386.cactus.org> jfh at rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>looking at the code fragment, the type of "t" is unknown... there is no
>declaration of "t" laying around...

Oh?  I think you overlooked this line from the original article:
|    static struct node *head, *z, *t;

>I always try to "say what I mean" [and hence write]
>	t = (struct node *) malloc (sizeof (struct node));

I happen to agree, but comp.std.c is not the place for style wars.  Both
`sizeof(*t)' and `sizeof(struct node)' are correct C, and we should leave it
at that.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl at kelp.ima.isc.com or ima!kelp!karl), The Walking Lint