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/mbyte.c

diff --git a/src/mbyte.c b/src/mbyte.c
index c7de94e..c1a5564 100644
--- a/src/mbyte.c
+++ b/src/mbyte.c
@@ -6897,7 +6897,7 @@
 		    return retval;
 		}
 	    }
-	    tmp = (short_u *)alloc(sizeof(short_u) * tmp_len);
+	    tmp = ALLOC_MULT(short_u, tmp_len);
 	    if (tmp == NULL)
 		break;
 	    if (vcp->vc_cpfrom == 0)