Nice!
Why malloc? Surely this is an on-heap object, not malloc allocated?
I think you've got yourself confused. The heap is what malloc is allocating. So it's like you said "Surely this is somewhere in Europe, not France?" or "Surely this is a round shape, not a circle?"
I think you've got yourself confused. The heap is what malloc is allocating. So it's like you said "Surely this is somewhere in Europe, not France?" or "Surely this is a round shape, not a circle?"