On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:42:45PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote:
> > commandLine = malloc (commandLineLength);
>
> commandLine = (char*)malloc (commandLineLength);
>
> Usually (to be safe, and is the case for any other type),
>
> commandLine = (char*)malloc (commandLineLength*sizeof(char));
There is no need for the cast in C (as the conversion is automatic), and
there is no need for malloc in C++ (as there's 'new' etc).
So the cast is not needed at all.
The solution for Uwe would be to compile his C source with a C compiler
('gcc') instead with the C++ compiler.
Andre'
