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mallocPlusAI (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't need to cast the return value from malloc.

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This isn't malloc though. I have to assume the cast is because the user has experience with the output from an LLM being untrustworthy.