[Discuss] Casting the return value of malloc bad?

[Andrew Resch]

This link seems to explain it:
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi?answer=1047673478&id=1043284351

Basically, there is no need and it will just cause problems if you decide to
change the type of pointer.

On 7/11/06, Adam Parkin <pzelnip at telus.net> wrote:
>
> Okay a question for the C gurus on the list: I've heard from a few
> people that casting the return value from malloc is bad practice, is
> this true, and if so, why?  And more importantly, if it is bad practice,
> then what is a better practice (and why)?
>
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