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I see code like
char *p = malloc(strlen(s) + 1);
strcpy(p, s);

Shouldn't that be malloc((strlen(s) + 1) * sizeof(char))?

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A

It's never necessary to multiply by sizeof(char), since sizeof(char) is, by definition, exactly 1. (On the other hand, multiplying by sizeof(char) doesn't hurt, and in some circumstances may help by introducing a size_t into the expression;

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