patch 8.1.1414: alloc() returning "char_u *" causes a lot of type casts commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c799fe206e61f2e2c1231bc46cbe4bb354f3da69 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue May 28 23:08:19 2019 +0200 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.

--- a/src/list.c
+++ b/src/list.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ list_alloc(void)
 {
     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 @@ list_free(list_T *l)
     listitem_T *
 listitem_alloc(void)
 {
-    return (listitem_T *)alloc(sizeof(listitem_T));
+    return ALLOC_ONE(listitem_T);
 }
 
 /*