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/gui_mac.c

diff --git a/src/gui_mac.c b/src/gui_mac.c
index 41fb01e..bb0aa9d 100644
--- a/src/gui_mac.c
+++ b/src/gui_mac.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 	return fnames;
 
     /* Allocate the pointer list */
-    fnames = (char_u **) alloc(*numFiles * sizeof(char_u *));
+    fnames = ALLOC_MULT(char_u *, *numFiles);
 
     /* Empty out the list */
     for (fileCount = 0; fileCount < *numFiles; fileCount++)
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@
 		typeUnicodeText, NULL, 0, &actualSize, NULL))
 	return eventNotHandledErr;
 
-    text = (UniChar *)alloc(actualSize);
+    text = alloc(actualSize);
     if (!text)
 	return eventNotHandledErr;
 
@@ -2975,7 +2975,7 @@
 	count = countItem;
     }
 
-    fnames = (char_u **)alloc(count * sizeof(char_u *));
+    fnames = ALLOC_MULT(char_u *, count);
     if (fnames == NULL)
 	return dragNotAcceptedErr;