commit c799fe206e61f2e2c1231bc46cbe4bb354f3da69
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Tue May 28 23:08:19 2019 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Tue May 28 23:08:19 2019 +0200
tree 68b3d2a8bb82519e29fc95f317d2ee02b07f95fa
parent b58a4b938c4bc7e0499700859bd7abba9acc5b11

patch 8.1.1414: alloc() returning "char_u *" causes a lot of type casts

Problem:    Alloc() returning "char_u *" causes a lot of type casts.
Solution:   Have it return "void *". (Mike Williams)  Define ALLOC_ONE() to
            check the simple allocations.

src/dict.c

diff --git a/src/dict.c b/src/dict.c
index 40c940e..d6b3b18 100644
--- a/src/dict.c
+++ b/src/dict.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 {
     dict_T *d;
 
-    d = (dict_T *)alloc(sizeof(dict_T));
+    d = ALLOC_ONE(dict_T);
     if (d != NULL)
     {
 	/* Add the dict to the list of dicts for garbage collection. */
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 {
     dictitem_T *di;
 
-    di = (dictitem_T *)alloc(sizeof(dictitem_T) + STRLEN(key));
+    di = alloc(sizeof(dictitem_T) + STRLEN(key));
     if (di != NULL)
     {
 	STRCPY(di->di_key, key);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 {
     dictitem_T *di;
 
-    di = (dictitem_T *)alloc(sizeof(dictitem_T) + STRLEN(org->di_key));
+    di = alloc(sizeof(dictitem_T) + STRLEN(org->di_key));
     if (di != NULL)
     {
 	STRCPY(di->di_key, org->di_key);