sizeof (c) vs sizeof (*c)

At Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:17:55 +0200,
Florian Boor wrote:
> > - Could it be that in libgpepimc in file db.c at line 48 it should be
> > 
> > struct gpe_pim_category *c = g_malloc0 (sizeof (struct gpe_pim_category));
> > 
> > instead of
> > 
> > struct gpe_pim_category *c = g_malloc0 (sizeof (c));
> 
> That looks a little bit strange, could someone verify if this is correct? In
> fact i would prefer the first solution even if the second is correct.

Well *if* the second is correct, I don't see why you'd prefer the
first as it is saying something very different.

sizeof (c) is here the size of a pointer so even if it happens that
sizeof (struct gpe_pim_category) is the size of a pointer, the code is
wrong.  The programmer likely intended to write sizeof (*c).

Neal