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/ui.c

diff --git a/src/ui.c b/src/ui.c
index 9d7c2ca..ac0cc27 100644
--- a/src/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui.c
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@
     garray_T	*gap;
 
     /* We use a growarray to store the data pointer and the length. */
-    gap = (garray_T *)alloc(sizeof(garray_T));
+    gap = ALLOC_ONE(garray_T);
     if (gap != NULL)
     {
 	/* Add one to avoid a zero size. */