patch 8.0.1496: clearing a pointer takes two lines
Problem: Clearing a pointer takes two lines.
Solution: Add VIM_CLEAR() and replace vim_clear(). (Hirohito Higashi,
closes #2629)
diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 0deccdf..1c70593 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -1827,6 +1827,8 @@
* Replacement for free() that ignores NULL pointers.
* Also skip free() when exiting for sure, this helps when we caught a deadly
* signal that was caused by a crash in free().
+ * If you want to set NULL after calling this function, you should use
+ * VIM_CLEAR() instead.
*/
void
vim_free(void *x)
@@ -1840,19 +1842,6 @@
}
}
-/*
- * Like vim_free(), and also set the pointer to NULL.
- */
- void
-vim_clear(void **x)
-{
- if (*x != NULL)
- {
- vim_free(*x);
- *x = NULL;
- }
-}
-
#ifndef HAVE_MEMSET
void *
vim_memset(void *ptr, int c, size_t size)