Re: [cc65] malloc and Sort.c(26): Error: Expression expected

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From: Marko Mäkelä (marko.makela_at_hut.fi)
Date: 2003-03-04 08:07:28 

On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 10:46:20PM -0800, Greg Long wrote:
> Is there an unusual syntax for malloc?  I notice it doesn't like to take
> anything but a constant.

It's a good idea to produce a minimal input file that triggers the error.
In this case, I'd suspect two other errors in your code:

> 	unsigned int* ra; //declare array
> 	ra = (unsigned int*) malloc(sizeof(unsigned int[size] ));
> 	
> 	unsigned int i = size;//line 20

The string "//" might not be a comment delimiter in the dialect of C
that cc65 supports.  Use /* */ comments instead.

Also, you can't declare variables except in the beginning of a block.
Swap the lines starting with "ra" and "unsigned int i", and it should
work.  I'd rather write the four above lines like this:

unsigned int i = size;
unsigned int* ra = malloc (size * sizeof *ra);

Disclaimer: I haven't used cc65 yet, only other C compilers.

	Marko
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