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/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -5655,7 +5655,7 @@ nv_ident(cmdarg_T *cap)
 	    vim_free(buf);
 	    return;
 	}
-	newbuf = (char_u *)vim_realloc(buf, STRLEN(buf) + STRLEN(p) + 1);
+	newbuf = vim_realloc(buf, STRLEN(buf) + STRLEN(p) + 1);
 	if (newbuf == NULL)
 	{
 	    vim_free(buf);