if (typecheck(foo,int))
{
/* lol */
}
char*
allocate_type(type, length)
char type;
unsigned int length;
{
int* ret = malloc(length);
*(ret - 3) = type; /* block size is stored at -2 and -1 */
return ret;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
short* s = (short*)allocate_type('s', sizeof(short));
long* l = (long*)allocate_type('l', sizeof(long));
*s = 100; *l = 1000;
int* p1 = s; int* p2 = l;
printf("%c, %c\n", *(p1 - 3), *(p2 - 3));
printf("%d, %ld\n", *s, *l);
free(s); free(l);
return 0;
}