In "C" the implicit typecasting will be done from void* to int*

what is the behaviour of C and C++ compiler for the below
statements.
int *p;
p = malloc(100);

Is the behaviour same ? or different ?

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Answer Posted / pramodsingh_45

In "C" the implicit typecasting will be done from void* to
int* but in C++ we need to do explicit typecasting.

so in C++
p = (int*)malloc(100);
but in C
p = malloc(100) will also work.

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