Turbo C large character array

[don provan]

In article <manning.649438172 at gap> manning at gap.caltech.edu (Evan Marshall Manning) writes:
>doug at ozdaltx.UUCP (Doug Matlock) writes:
>>x = (char **)malloc(num_rows*sizeof(char));
>			      ^^^^^^^^^^^^ try sizeof(char *)!!!!

Actually, i prefer

	char **x;
	x = (char **)malloc( num_rows * sizeof *x );

Since the type of x has already been defined, why duplicate that
information in the malloc?  In general, i avoid sizeof(type), since
there's almost always a specific example of type at hand, and normally
it is in fact that specific example i want to know the size of, not
the generic type.  (And, of course, i'd *never* use a name like "x"...)

						don provan
						donp at novell.com