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mallocPlusAI (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

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

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.

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