Re: Type casting with malloc()

[Jason Riedy]

And holotko writes:
 -   objectpointer = (ObjectType *)malloc(sizeof(ObjectType));
 - 
 - My question. Do I really need to add the type cast (ObjectType *)
 - before the call to malloc() ?

ISO C++ requires the cast.  See 4.10 (p60) and C.1.2.6 (p689) of
the standard.  If someone wants to compile this in C++ (for some
unknown reason), the compiler should refuse to accept it without
the cast.  For justification, consider what would happen in
overloading and template parameter matching.

Jason