Compiler warning "result of malloc is converted to a point incompatible with sizeof operand type"
c, compiler-warnings, malloc
Solution
First, `unsigned` is really `unsigned int`.
The compiler is being nice to you, telling you that you are allocating N items of unsigned, which is not `unsigned char`.
Also, your later access will be wrong as well.
Change
unsigned char * m_howManyEach;
to
unsigned * m_howManyEach;
because it looks like you really want `unsigned int` as your type instead of `unsigtned char`.
Of course, this assumes you really want unsigned integers, and not 1-byte unsigned chars.
If the actual size of your integral values is important, you should consider the sized valued (uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t).
Problem
I have these defined in the interface of an ObjC class: ``` unsigned m_howMany; unsigned char * m_howManyEach; ... ``` Then later in the code I have this: ``` m_howManyEach = malloc(sizeof(unsigned) * m_howMany); ``` which is where I get a warning "Result of malloc is converted to a pointer of type unsigned char, which is incompatible with sizeof operand type unsigned int" Could someone please explain the proper use of `malloc()` in this situation, and how to go about getting rid of the warning?