Why write `sizeof(char)` if char is 1 by standard?

Question

I was doing some C coding and after reading some C code I\'ve noticed that there are code snippets like

char *foo = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * someDynamicAmo         


        

Answer 1

IMHO the best practice is to write sizeof(*foo). Then you're covered also if the type of foo changes and the sizeof is not corrected.