On Apr 7, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Tobias Ulmer wrote:
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 02:01:14PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can we really assume that sizeof(char) is 1 ?
RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.3,v
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< if ((lbuf = malloc(len + 1)) == NULL)
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if ((lbuf = malloc( sizeof(char) * (len +
1))) ==
NULL)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/lib/libc/stdio:633>$
Yes.
6.5.3.4 The sizeof operator
[...]
When applied to an operand that has type char, unsigned char, or
signed
char, (or a qualified version thereof) the result is 1. [...]
I bow before your greater knowledge.
Is this the ansi standard you're quoting from? Is it available on-
line somewhere so I can spare the list further stupid questions?
Ben
