On Wednesday, 14 October 2020 at 21:12:13 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
On Wednesday, 14 October 2020 at 20:15:39 UTC, Jack wrote:
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The difference is that the first version gives you a `void[]`,
and the second version gives you a `T`. Neither version does
any bounds checking.
Generally, you'd use the first version if you don't yet know
what kind of object is going to be stored in the allocated
memory (for example, if you're writing an allocator[1]), and
the second version if you do know the type.
[1]
https://dlang.org/phobos/std_experimental_allocator_building_blocks.html
My bad, the first one doesn't perform bounds-checking.So it just
depends on context, where you are going to use the result from
malloc()
