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/list.c

diff --git a/src/list.c b/src/list.c
index e7f27eb..e7a4f99 100644
--- a/src/list.c
+++ b/src/list.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 {
     list_T  *l;
 
-    l = (list_T *)alloc_clear(sizeof(list_T));
+    l = ALLOC_CLEAR_ONE(list_T);
     if (l != NULL)
     {
 	/* Prepend the list to the list of lists for garbage collection. */
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
     listitem_T *
 listitem_alloc(void)
 {
-    return (listitem_T *)alloc(sizeof(listitem_T));
+    return ALLOC_ONE(listitem_T);
 }
 
 /*