Editing C dynamic memory allocation (section)

===Advantages to casting===
* Including the cast may allow a C program or function to compile as C++.
* The cast allows for [[ANSI C|pre-1989 versions]] of <code>malloc</code> that originally returned a <code>char *</code>.<ref name="Cprog_malloc">{{cite web |url=http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi?id=1043284351&answer=1047673478 |title=Casting malloc |publisher=Cprogramming.com |access-date=9 March 2007 }}</ref>
* Casting can help the developer identify inconsistencies in type sizing should the destination pointer type change, particularly if the pointer is declared far from the <code>malloc()</code> call (although modern compilers and static analysers can warn on such behaviour without requiring the cast<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/MallocSizeofChecker_8cpp_source.html|title=clang: lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocSizeofChecker.cpp Source File|website=clang.llvm.org|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>).