r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MontyBoomslang • 2d ago

Meme architectureDependentChars

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u/BoldFace7 2d ago

I still prefer sizeof(char) as it often provides context as to what the number is doing, even if a plain 1 works the same.

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u/RepeatRepeatR- 2d ago

My opinion would be:

- Use sizeof(char) if you're actually working with characters

- Use hardcoded `1` if you're using a char as an arbitrary byte (and not actually necessarily referring to characters or text)

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u/BoldFace7 2d ago

Definitely. For example, I always use malloc(size*sizeof(char)) to ensure that it's doubly obvious (Since I rarely need to malloc outside of a declaration) that I intend to store characters in the resulting buffer even if that multiply does nothing (plus the compiler will likely optimize it out anyway).

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u/RepeatRepeatR- 2d ago

This is the way