thanks man!
yes that makes sense. unfortunately 30cc is not able to compile that syntax, and will probably give type-checker errors when passing a void* to pointer of another type. but will implement it sometime soon!
yes that makes sense. unfortunately 30cc is not able to compile that syntax, and will probably give type-checker errors when passing a void* to pointer of another type. but will implement it sometime soon!
But while the cast is a matter of style (or C++ compatibility), sizeof(*ret) is definitely superior to sizeof(thing_t). The reason is that people sometimes change the type of ret but forget the change the size of the allocation, especially if ret is assigned to on a different line it's declared.
C++ shot itself in the foot by removing automatic conversion from void* to T*, because it forces programmers to add casts that weaken type safety.
Not sure why I was down-voted, I think that is ... not nice. :(
Also... it felt kind of... unnecessary? to tell someone who is making a compiler how to write basic code in the language they're writing a compiler for. It almost felt like telling an overweight medical student/doctor that he should avoid eating fatty foods.
Because C++ is why C can't have nice things.
auto p = (thing_t *)malloc(sizeof(thing_t));
While that line of code is DRY, it doesn't avoid casting "void *" to "thing_t *".