malloc "a value of type "void *" cannot be used to initialize an entity of type "int *""

[dennis0324]

Environment

• OS and version: window 10
• VS Code: 1.74.0
• C/C++ extension: 1.12.4 (i downgraded version due to The files.associations doesn't work with 1.13.6 #10244)
• OS and version of remote machine (if applicable): ubuntu(WSL) 20.04.4

Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Bug Summary:
currently i'm working on c .
Using malloc in header file but it seems vscode praser recognize header file as cpp's header file.

main.h

main.c

definition of stdlib.h
they all go to same file

Steps to reproduce:

1. use malloc without casting data type in header file

Other Extensions

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Additional Information

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[browntarik]

Thank you for your issue! Could you please respond with code snippets that I can copy and use to debug this issue myself?

[dennis0324]

Forgive me for being late.
When i tried in other project then malloc worked.
So I tried to find difference betwwen two project.

project that doesn't work use this settings.json

{
    "C_Cpp.default.intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64",
    "C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
    "C_Cpp.default.cppStandard": "c++17",
    "C_Cpp.default.cStandard": "c99",
    "files.associations": {
        "*.h": "c",
    },
}

when i compare two project setting.json there was a line in files.associations which is "stdlib.h":"c". So I try put stdlib.h in my not working project and i fixed my malloc problem!

but i wonder that "*.h":"c" should make all header to c compatible?

here's my fixed settings.json btw

{
    "C_Cpp.default.intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64",
    "C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
    "C_Cpp.default.cppStandard": "c++17",
    "C_Cpp.default.cStandard": "c99",
    "files.associations": {
        "*.h": "c",
        "stdlib.h":"c"
    },
}

[browntarik]

This issue was actually fixed with https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/releases/tag/v1.13.7 so please consider updating and let me know if you face the same issue.