diff --git a/form/fld_def.c b/form/fld_def.c
index 3559ba6..b18462f 100644
--- a/form/fld_def.c
+++ b/form/fld_def.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "form.priv.h"
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: fld_def.c,v 1.36 2007/10/13 19:29:58 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: fld_def.c,v 1.41 2014/07/26 21:08:55 tom Exp $")
 
 /* this can't be readonly */
 static FIELD default_field =
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   (int)' ',			/* pad     */
   A_NORMAL,			/* fore    */
   A_NORMAL,			/* back    */
-  ALL_FIELD_OPTS,		/* opts    */
+  STD_FIELD_OPTS,		/* opts    */
   (FIELD *)0,			/* snext   */
   (FIELD *)0,			/* sprev   */
   (FIELD *)0,			/* link    */
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
   NCURSES_FIELD_EXTENSION
 };
 
-NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(FIELD *)
-_nc_Default_Field = &default_field;
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(FIELD *) _nc_Default_Field = &default_field;
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |   Facility      :  libnform
@@ -186,10 +185,12 @@
     {
       if ((typ->status & _LINKED_TYPE) != 0)
 	{
-	  assert(argp != 0);
-	  _nc_Free_Argument(typ->left, argp->left);
-	  _nc_Free_Argument(typ->right, argp->right);
-	  free(argp);
+	  if (argp != 0)
+	    {
+	      _nc_Free_Argument(typ->left, argp->left);
+	      _nc_Free_Argument(typ->right, argp->right);
+	      free(argp);
+	    }
 	}
       else
 	{
@@ -252,8 +253,8 @@
   if (field->type != 0)
     {
       field->type->ref--;
+      _nc_Free_Argument(field->type, (TypeArgument *)(field->arg));
     }
-  _nc_Free_Argument(field->type, (TypeArgument *)(field->arg));
 }
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -291,16 +292,16 @@
       ((err = E_SYSTEM_ERROR) != 0) &&	/* trick: this resets the default error */
       (New_Field = typeMalloc(FIELD, 1)) != 0)
     {
-      T((T_CREATE("field %p"), New_Field));
+      T((T_CREATE("field %p"), (void *)New_Field));
       *New_Field = default_field;
-      New_Field->rows = rows;
-      New_Field->cols = cols;
+      New_Field->rows = (short)rows;
+      New_Field->cols = (short)cols;
       New_Field->drows = rows + nrow;
       New_Field->dcols = cols;
-      New_Field->frow = frow;
-      New_Field->fcol = fcol;
+      New_Field->frow = (short)frow;
+      New_Field->fcol = (short)fcol;
       New_Field->nrow = nrow;
-      New_Field->nbuf = nbuf;
+      New_Field->nbuf = (short)nbuf;
       New_Field->link = New_Field;
 
 #if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@
 NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
 free_field(FIELD *field)
 {
-  T((T_CALLED("free_field(%p)"), field));
+  T((T_CALLED("free_field(%p)"), (void *)field));
   if (!field)
     {
       RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);