That's Objective-C. int* foo = malloc(sizeof(int)); Is invalid C++.

chimeracoder · on April 10, 2012

I don't really know C++ as well as I know C - could you explain? I always thought that the only real reason C++ wasn't a superset is because of the additional keywords.

wollw · on April 10, 2012

C++ doesn't coerce the void* malloc returns into an int* , C does. You have to write

    int* foo = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int));

in C++ or the compiler gives a type error.