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/ex_cmds.c

diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.c b/src/ex_cmds.c
index 0275064..d7a4187 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
     sortbuf1 = NULL;
     sortbuf2 = NULL;
     regmatch.regprog = NULL;
-    nrs = (sorti_T *)alloc(count * sizeof(sorti_T));
+    nrs = ALLOC_MULT(sorti_T, count);
     if (nrs == NULL)
 	goto sortend;