Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this is the standard way to handle calloc/malloc/alloca.
It's one standard way, but there are others. In C, generally it's better to avoid the casts, since casts can suppress useful diagnostics. So, in C, it's usually better to not cast the results of malloc. So there is a tradeoff here between g++ compatibility (a good thing) and C source code reliability (another good thing). This casting business is a relatively minor point; I'm more worried about the old-style function definitions. I wish I knew why glibc does it that way.
