Stefan Fuhrmann <eq...@web.de> writes: > On 09.05.2011 18:43, Philip Martin wrote: >> stef...@apache.org writes: >> >>> Author: stefan2 >>> Date: Mon May 9 16:28:16 2011 >>> New Revision: 1101091 >>> (svn_cache__membuffer_cache_create): formatting fixes; add missing cast >>> - c = apr_palloc(pool, segment_count * sizeof(*c)); >>> + c = (svn_membuffer_t *)apr_palloc(pool, segment_count * sizeof(*c)); >> Why is that cast necessary? >> > The Microsoft compiler issued a warning here and > the explicit cast silences it. Maybe, it's a C99 thing? > Curiously, it would not generate a warning before > when the line read > > svn_membuffer_t *c = apr_palloc(...)
It's allowed by C99. Sounds like a compiler bug. We have dozens of other calls of the form variable = apr_palloc(...); Is this the only one that causes a warning? -- Philip
