What's the difference between initializing this structure with these strategies?
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// the malloc style, which returns a pointer:
struct Cat *newCat = malloc(sizeof(struct Cat));
// no malloc...but isn't it actually the same thing? uses memory as well, or not?
struct Cat cat = {520.0f, 680.0f, NULL};
Basically, I can get a initialized structure in these two ways. My guess is: It's the same thing, but when I use malloc I also have to free() that. In the second case I don't have to think about memory, because I don't call malloc. Maybe.
When should I use the malloc style, and when the other?
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