[Zlib-devel] Building with C++

[Mark Adler]

On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Jan Seiffert wrote:
> zlib is a C library, written in C89 and even sometimes K&R compatible.
> Casting the return value of malloc is dangerous in C. It hides a
> missing prototype for malloc.
> There should be a C-Compiler on your system able to compile it.

Jan,

I tend to agree.  Except that I would expect any compiler to note the missing prototype for malloc, even if the return value is cast.

Mark