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Re: Q. is sizeof(char) always 1
- To: grahams at rcp dot co dot uk
- Subject: Re: Q. is sizeof(char) always 1
- From: Christopher Curtis <ccurtis at ee dot fit dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:51:05 -0400 (EDT)
- cc: egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 grahams@rcp.co.uk wrote:
> The reason I'm asking this question is a lot of code
> in egcs assumes that sizeof(char) is 1 when allocating
According to the C specification, sizeof( char ) == 1 always.
I'm not 100% sure the Unicode implications of this.
> For example there are calls such as
> p = (int *)xmalloc(N * sizeof(int *))
This is most definately incorrect. Either p needs to be an int ** or the
sizeof be applied to an int, though I'm no expert. ;-)
Christopher