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/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ init_longVersion(void)
 		+ strlen(VIM_VERSION_DATE_ONLY)
 		+ strlen(date_time);
 
-    longVersion = (char *)alloc(len);
+    longVersion = alloc(len);
     if (longVersion == NULL)
 	longVersion = VIM_VERSION_LONG;
     else
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1414,
+/**/
     1413,
 /**/
     1412,