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C or C++ : Incompatible allocated type

Overview

Inconsistencies between the casted type of the return value of a malloc()/calloc()/realloc() call and the operand of sizeof() expression contained within its argument can lead to errors.

References

  1. Dynamic Memory Allocation in C
  2. C Programming Language: Functions - malloc(), calloc(), realloc() and free().
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