Do ( Casting ) of the return of Malloc(), Calloc() and Realloc() - C

Question

According to the discussion Do I cast the result of malloc?, in C is not recommended or correct to cast Malloc() return. This also applies to Calloc() and Realloc functions()?
Taking advantage, the correct is to speak Cast, Casting or both are correct?

Answer 1

Yes, functions have the same questions, because in essence they return the same thing, only what is done internally is that different.

I don’t think language is our focus, but it always depends on the context to define which is the correct word, both can be used in the context of programming, each in a more specific context has a different grammatical meaning, but nothing that directly interferes with the concept of programming.

Answer 2

On the question of words cast and casting, C specification uses two words with different meanings.

A draft of the latest specification can be found in the link below.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf

In this document, in section 6.5.4 paragraph 5, the following is set out:

Preceding an Expression by a parenthesized type name converts the value of the Expression to the named type. This Construction is called a cast. A cast that specifies no Conversion has no Effect on the type or value of an Expression.

Already in section 7.12.6.5, paragraph 2, it is said:

...they are equivalent to Calling the corresponding logb Function and casting the returned value to type int.

So I conclude that the type in parentheses that precedes an expression is called a cast and what it’s doing is a casting.

In other words, cast is this construction of language and casting is what she does.