Re: What is your opinion about init_malloc?

On Fri, 2025-03-14 at 16:49 +0100, Bonita Montero wrote:

Am 14.03.2025 um 15:24 schrieb Thiago Adams:

What is your opinion about init_malloc?
One problem it solves it to initialise a const objects on heap.
 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
void * init_malloc(size_t size, void * src)
{
   void * p = malloc(size);
   if (p) {
      memcpy(p, src, size );
   }
   return p;
}
 
#define ALLOC(OBJ) ((typeof(OBJ)*) init_malloc(sizeof(OBJ), &(OBJ)))
 
////////// SAMPLE  //////////
 
struct Mail {
     const int id;
};
 
int main () {
     struct Mail* p0 = ALLOC((struct Mail){.id= 1});
 
     struct Mail* p1 = init_malloc(sizeof *p1, &(struct Mail){.id= 1});
 
     auto         p2 = ALLOC((struct Mail){.id= 1});
 
}
 
(I also posted on reddit)
 

 
C still seems to be a ridiculous language.
 

If it tries to exceed 'High level assembly', it could be ridiculous.
Same as C++, if it tries to be 'not-C'.