I have been trying to understand what malloc(0) does, but it seems to behave just like malloc(1). I can see an actual pointer, it isn't NULL and I can write data to that memory location. What does a zero-length allocation actually do? - discu.eu

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I have been trying to understand what malloc(0) does, but it seems to behave just like malloc(1). I can see an actual pointer, it isn't NULL and I can write data to that memory location. What does a zero-length allocation actually do? https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/AA.+Bibliography#AABibliography-ISOIEC9899-2011 40 comments 16/8/2022 c_programming

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