Re: [PATCH] Fix a bunch of pointer declarations (codestyle)

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On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 12:20:08PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > -       *argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char*) * size);
> > +       *argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char *) * size);
> >
> 
> I don't think this is what the coding guidelines is talking about. A
> pointer isn't being declared here plus there isn't any variable the
> star should be sticking to.

Besides that, don't we usually prefer sizeof() on the actual variable
instead of the type, which is less error prone? IOW,

  *argv = xmalloc(sizeof(**argv) * size);

-Peff
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