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.

TYPEMAP
VIWIN	T_VIOBJNOMUNGE
VIBUF	T_VIOBJNOMUNGE

INPUT
T_VIOBJNOMUNGE
	if (sv_isa($arg, \"${ntype}\")) {
	    IV tmp = SvIV((SV*)SvRV($arg));
	    $var = INT2PTR($type, tmp);
	    if (!tmp)
		croak(\"$ntype no longer exists\");
	}
	else
	    croak(\"$var is not of type ${ntype}\")