From a3960899f42ced8fa92b736ad90090aa860a9194 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kmou424 Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 02:51:09 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] examples: simple_buffer: We must explicit convert pointer after malloc in c++ Aim: To adapt C++ Compilation errors: simple_buffer.c:47:9: error: cannot initialize a variable of type 'char *' with an rvalue of type 'void *' char* compressed_data = malloc((size_t)max_dst_size); ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ simple_buffer.c:76:15: error: cannot initialize a variable of type 'char *const' with an rvalue of type 'void *' char* const regen_buffer = malloc(src_size); ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 errors generated. --- examples/simple_buffer.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/examples/simple_buffer.c b/examples/simple_buffer.c index 6afc62a..c7d59e3 100644 --- a/examples/simple_buffer.c +++ b/examples/simple_buffer.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(void) { // LZ4 provides a function that will tell you the maximum size of compressed output based on input data via LZ4_compressBound(). const int max_dst_size = LZ4_compressBound(src_size); // We will use that size for our destination boundary when allocating space. - char* compressed_data = malloc((size_t)max_dst_size); + char* compressed_data = (char*)malloc((size_t)max_dst_size); if (compressed_data == NULL) run_screaming("Failed to allocate memory for *compressed_data.", 1); // That's all the information and preparation LZ4 needs to compress *src into *compressed_data. @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int main(void) { // Sometimes, the metadata can be extracted from the local context. // First, let's create a *new_src location of size src_size since we know that value. - char* const regen_buffer = malloc(src_size); + char* const regen_buffer = (char*)malloc(src_size); if (regen_buffer == NULL) run_screaming("Failed to allocate memory for *regen_buffer.", 1); // The LZ4_decompress_safe function needs to know where the compressed data is, how many bytes long it is,