Can someone tell me the difference between malloc and calloc, from the memory allocation point of view.
thank you.
Can someone tell me the difference between malloc and calloc, from the memory allocation point of view.
thank you.
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7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*
calloc fills the memory with all bits zero, malloc does not. Other than that (and their interfaces) they are identical.
My best code is written with the delete key.
Dave, can you please explain this line from the link you posted:
The zero fill is all-bits-zero, and does not therefore guarantee useful null pointer values
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According to the standard, NULL is not guaranteed to be 0. So on those systems, you shouldn't rely on calloc() to initialize pointer to NULL.
If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
got it, thanks
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