Lars Nilsson skrev 2011-03-14 17:42:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Felix E. Klee<felix.klee_at_inka.de> wrote:
>> Code snippet:
>>
>> char *data = malloc(100);
>>
>> ...
> By passing a pointer to char *, accomplished by using&data in the
> call instead of data.
>
> Lars Nilsson
Also make sure not to allocate any memory for your pointer before doing
the function call, as this would lead to a memory leak. The libcURL call
itself allocates the memory needed to store the data you've requested
before giving you the pointer to that memory back.

Best regards
Patrik Thunström / patrik.thunstrom_at_bassetglobal.com

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