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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 2d ago
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It's allowed to assign to a pointer if it's not dereferenced. Malloc always returns a valid pointer.
24 u/EntitledPotatoe 2d ago Malloc can return a null pointer if the operation fails. This can be the case if, afaik, for example, there is no more heap available and the OS is not capable of swapping or freeing some other memory for some reason 16 u/atanasius 2d ago A null pointer is still valid to assign to a variable. 3 u/EntitledPotatoe 2d ago Very true, I thought you meant valid as in usable
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Malloc can return a null pointer if the operation fails. This can be the case if, afaik, for example, there is no more heap available and the OS is not capable of swapping or freeing some other memory for some reason
16 u/atanasius 2d ago A null pointer is still valid to assign to a variable. 3 u/EntitledPotatoe 2d ago Very true, I thought you meant valid as in usable
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A null pointer is still valid to assign to a variable.
3 u/EntitledPotatoe 2d ago Very true, I thought you meant valid as in usable
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Very true, I thought you meant valid as in usable
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u/atanasius 2d ago
It's allowed to assign to a pointer if it's not dereferenced. Malloc always returns a valid pointer.